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Special Report Transcript Episode 43, Section 2, Time 01:23This is how the far whites’ right wing would start its war on South Africa, by cutting off the country’s power supply and plunging it into darkness. For the Boere Weerstands Beweging war was the only way to halt the future it feared: rule by a majority government. In 1993 while political parties and the National Party government were fine tuning talks on South Africa’s transition to democracy white right wingers were training and arming themselves to do battle. Two such men were Pieter Harmse and the young Leo Froneman. Notes: Representation, Jo’burg’s power cut; Right wing propaganda images; Right wingers training Prior to February 1990, violations committed by members of right-wing organisations took the form of isolated attacks with a strong racist character. During the early 1990s, members of right-wing organisations, perceiving themselves to be placed under siege by the process of constitutional ... |