Boeremag kingpin convicted
Boeremag leader Mike du Toit was found guilty of treason in the High Court in Pretoria.
Mike du Toit. Photo: ReutersJudge Eben Jordaan said on Thursday that Du Toit had played a leading role in a plot to violently overthrow the African National Congress-led government.
At a previous court appearance, Jordaan said Du Toit was the author of a blueprint for a violent coup and had discussed the plan in detail with others.
Du Toit, a former university lecturer, was among the first of the 22 high treason accused to be arrested in April 2002.
They have been charged with high treason, murder, and attempted murder, as well as alternative charges ranging from sabotage and terrorism, to manufacturing explosives and the illegal possession of firearms.
The murder charge relates to a woman killed in 2002 while sleeping in a shack in Soweto, by a metal bar flung about 400m by a bomb blast at a railway line.
The attempted murder charge stems from a plan to kill former president Nelson Mandela.
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Real-Mogwanthi
Why dont you just put all of them in jail 4ever and the next lifetime if they can be born again.Report Abuse
KaspaasBreekwater
Yes, let them rot in jail together togrther with Mandela and all the other ANC bomb planters.Report Abuse
Mrazane
We have enough problems we dont need racist bigots with their treacherous plans to overthrow government, have they not heard of the ballot? The problem in SA is that blacks only vote when they are voting ANC and the whites only vote when they are voting for an Idols contestant, we just do not realise how much power there is in our vote. The current government was voted in by only 40% of the SA population that was qualified to vote, so if people would get off their laurels on election day and vote, their vote would make a difference. Those whom we call illiterate are the ones who make their shaky mark and elect morons to lead us whilst the ever wise literate black diamonds discuss how the country is going to the dogs over a Heineken at some poetry session and the highly educated caucasian professor plots a lousy coup? Kahle kahle ubani ofundile and ubani odom?Report Abuse
Lostarinco
let him rot in jail...Report Abuse
Pointman
Kingpin! This guy was a fool and a rusty link in the chain if the contents of "document 12" is anything to go by. It took 10 years to convict him because of delaying tactics by him and his legal team. There is now going to be endless appeals.Fools on both sides are trying to derail the transition - it is best we keep them sidelined.
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Bolander
Wow, what were they thinking? Goes to show how crazy some people can be - Mrazane - fully agreed!Report Abuse
Headlesschick
En jy Msholozi jy moenie hierdie bleksem verskoning gee nie,even if they become terminally ill do not give them medical parole please!Report Abuse
Lesoba-Le-Boya
Sluit die Bleksem toe...Report Abuse
ProgressiveAfricanDemocrat
That really serves them well. If they are released on parole and try to do it again, they really deserve to spend eternity in hell. They have a real chance now to reflect on their foolish deeds and mend their ways.Report Abuse
mozzi
Hoeveel ander bomplant bleksems loop nog rond in sowetoReport Abuse
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