| Listen Live |
|
|
|
|
|
Media clips require Real Player
|
|
|
South African Broadcasting Corporation Copyright ©
2000 - 2005 SABC |
|
|
|
 |
| |
 |
|
|
|
this
Tuesday June 10, 2003, SABC 3 at 9h30 pm -
"Boeremag"
|
|
What drives men to attempt
the overthrow of a government?
As the trial of the
twenty two right wing extremists resumes this week,
Special Assignment tries to find out what it is that
makes individuals believe they can take on the might of
the state. We focus on "the men, the madness and
the Boer prophet who inspired them".
|
|
|
|
We look at who the accused
are, what their plans for war entailed and ask how on
earth they could have thought they would succeed. The
last question will be answered by examining the
prophesies of a certain "Siener van Rensburg".
This Afrikaner "prophet" from the Boer War era
predicted that at some point in the future the old Boer
republics would be restored. It seems the latter day
Boeremag have taken these prophecies literally. Many of
their plans - from the date the "war" was to
have begun to the place they were to gather - all come
from the prophesies of Siener van Rensburg.
|
|
|
|
Special Assignment will
investigate what the rightwing really is about today,
what threat they pose and the intellectual underpinnings
of those who now call themselves the
"Boeremag".
The producer of this
breaking news report is Anneliese Burgess.
|
|
|
|
|
|
page by Steven
Lang
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
