Boeremag betrayed everything SA stands for
The Boeremag have betrayed everything that democratic South Africa stands for and everything that South Africans mean to each other.
The delusional and amateurish nature of their doomed effort ten years ago to trigger a race war does not make the raw racism that motivated them any less disgusting and dangerous. Extracts from Wilhelm Pretorius's diary quoted by Judge Jordaan are reprehensible.
The costs of their actions have been considerable.
They have cost two young South Africans their only parent, Claurina Mokone, with devastating effect. The Pretorius diary makes it clear that Soweto was bombed because they had not been able to kill Mr Mandela. Claurina died instead of Nelson Mandela.
Her children are wonderful young people who are succeeding in life despite all the odds. But it has not been easy, and this year is bitterly difficult. They will not comment until they have been advised by their pro bono lawyers, and their privacy must be strictly respected.