As if it wasn't bad enough that the international media is misrepresenting the late Eugene Terre'Blanche as a "white supremacist", the media is now prominently publicizing the allegation put forth by one of Terre'Blanche's killers, 28-year-old Chris Mahlangu, that Terre'Blanche had plied him and his 15-year-old cohort with alcohol and made sexual advances to them on April 3rd, the night of the murder. Media stories published by the Guardian, South Africa's Sunday Times, and City Press.
Puna Moroko, attorney for Chris Mahlangu, said his client's defence would be that the attack on Terre Blanche was triggered by sodomy. According to Moroko, Terre'Blanche had informed the workers that he would pay them after the long weekend. Moroko then claimed Terre Blanche drove to his house where he picked up the two accused and the three of them went to the bottle store, purchasing a bottle of Smirnoff, and about 30 Savanna ciders and three packets of cheap cigarettes, then went to the farm about 10km away. Attorney Zola Majavu, who is acting for the unnamed teenager, took a similar line, saying "I have consulted with my client and I am satisfied that something shocking happened on that day. I will disclose fully what my client told me happened during trial."
Further fueling the speculation are police statements. On Friday, police spokesman Captain Adele Myburgh said: "The court will decide why Mr Terre'Blanche was killed as well as why his trousers were below his knees. The court will also establish what exactly happened before he was killed." But Myburgh denied reports that a used condom was found at the murder scene.
The Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) has rejected any suggestion of a homosexual link to the murder of its leader. According to City Press, the AWB will ask the police to allow a forensic investigator appointed by the organisation to examine evidence on the murder, according to spokesperson Andre Visagie. The organisation dismissed the idea that the murder could have been preceded by a sex orgy. "The media," he said in a statement, "must choose now whether they want to regard Terre'Blanche as a racist or as the rapist of a black youth." Visagie said Terre'Blanche had not taken his heart medicine on the day of the murder. It would have been impossible for him to rape people who had broken in without possibly triggering a heart attack. Meanwhile, Residents of Ventersdorp reacted with shock to the claims of sexual assault. The majority of White residents stated they refuse to believe the claims. (less info)
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Puna Moroko, attorney for Chris Mahlangu, said his client's defence would be that the attack on Terre Blanche was triggered by sodomy. According to Moroko, Terre'Blanche had informed the workers that he would pay them after the long weekend. Moroko then claimed Terre Blanche drove to his house where he picked up the two accused and the three of them went to the bottle store, purchasing a bottle of Smirnoff, and about 30 Savanna ciders and three packets of cheap cigarettes, then went to the farm about 10km away. Attorney Zola Majavu, who is acting for the unnamed teenager, took a similar line, saying "I have consulted with my client and I am satisfied that something shocking happened on that day. I will disclose fully what my client told me happened during trial."
Further fueling the speculation are police statements. On Friday, police spokesman Captain Adele Myburgh said: "The court will decide why Mr Terre'Blanche was killed as well as why his trousers were below his knees. The court will also establish what exactly happened before he was killed." But Myburgh denied reports that a used condom was found at the murder scene.
The Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) has rejected any suggestion of a homosexual link to the murder of its leader. According to City Press, the AWB will ask the police to allow a forensic investigator appointed by the organisation to examine evidence on the murder, according to spokesperson Andre Visagie. The organisation dismissed the idea that the murder could have been preceded by a sex orgy. "The media," he said in a statement, "must choose now whether they want to regard Terre'Blanche as a racist or as the rapist of a black youth." Visagie said Terre'Blanche had not taken his heart medicine on the day of the murder. It would have been impossible for him to rape people who had broken in without possibly triggering a heart attack. Meanwhile, Residents of Ventersdorp reacted with shock to the claims of sexual assault. The majority of White residents stated they refuse to believe the claims.
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