Tuesday, October 29, 2013

South Africa: 20 Right-wing extremists to be sentenced in Mandela assassination plot

Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP

(AFP) - A South African court began sentencing on Monday 20 right-wing extremists convicted of high treason for a plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country.

The "Boeremag" organization had planned a right-wing coup in 2002 to overthrow the post-apartheid government.

The trial lasted almost a decade until the organization's members were convicted in August last year, the first guilty

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