A South African court has sentenced a black farm hand to life in prison for the axe murder of Eugene Terre’blanche, a white supremacist prominent during the dying years of apartheid.
Chris Mahlangu killed Terre’blanche over a pay dispute in April 2011 at the white farmer’s home in Ventersdorp, 125km west of Johannesburg.
Judge John Horn said the attack was not racially motivated.
Many South Africans see Terre’blanche as a relic from a bygone era and his murder did little to stir racial tension.
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Yet the case has served as a reminder of the bitter historical divisions in a country now dubbed the “Rainbow Nation” and ruled by the African National Congress, the party that helped end apartheid in 1994. – (Reuters)