- In the early hours of Friday morning, the ANC/Communist-controlled
political police unit struck again at homes of several Boers known for
their opposition to the ruling Regime. Once again, the recent political
bombing campaign blamed on the Boeremag was given as reason for the searches
and some arrests. While some controversial Boer activists of various persuasions
and groupings were again targeted, many other Boer men, women and children
were harassed, abused and intimidated by the black policemen.
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- At Stellenbosch University, police stormed and searched
the house of Professor Willie van der Merwe and his wife Lettie at 3 o'clock
in the morning, accusing them of keeping and manufacturing explosives in
their home. Nothing was found.
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- In Pongola in the eastern Transvaal, Schalk Mostert was
'hit' at 5 o'clock in the morning, again without a warrant. Again nothing
illegal was found.
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- In Josini in Natal, a white defence force officer, Captain
Gary Manors, was arrested after he had handed in a bag with explosives
found near his house inside the army base where he is staying. His commanding
officer, Chris Botes, expressed his indignation and colleagues even described
Manors as 'leftist'.
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- In Klerksdorp, Dr Tinus Maartens, his wife and their
children were invaded at 04.30 in their house and searched. Nothing was
found except a handgun belonging to his brother in Botswana, who cannot
keep it there and normally locks it up in his brother's safe. For that,
Dr Maartens was arrested, charged and released on 2000 Rand bail.
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- And in Balmoral near Witbank, Willem Ratte, a former
SADG officer running a Museum and currently engaged in the building of
a private training centre for Boer youths, was arrested and released on
1000 Rand bail for the possession of one pair of police camouflage trousers...
These he kept in storage along with dozens of other SADF and police uniforms
either on display in the museum or in storage.
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- The Conservative Party (CP) accused the police of victimising
and humiliating Afrikaners. It expressed disgust at the questioning and
search of Werner Weber, CP executive member and chairman of the Agricultural
Employers' Organisation. "The investigation of Mr Weber was but one
of several such cases in the past four weeks," CP leader Ferdi Hartzenberg
said in a statement.
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- Even leftist, Regime-supporting spokesmen and their media
have expressed serious reservations about the continuing harassment of
whites by the ruling Regime's police. The Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport
admitted that the raids only serve to strengthen the so-called Boeremag's
case. It pointed out the hollowness of the ruling Regime's claims that
'Operation Hopper', as the raids are called, was a 'success', and that
the police should stop bragging and rather concentrate on catching whoever
is responsible for the bombings.
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- Meanwhile, the Azanian (New SA) Regime's representative
Joel Netshitenzhe had claimed on Thursday that police believed they had
destroyed whatever infrastructure the Boeremag organisation had. Briefing
reporters in Pretoria on Wednesday's final Cabinet meeting of the year,
he said the Boeremag featured briefly. "The police are on the trail
of those not yet arrested.," he said. "Our security forces are
on top of the situation."
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- Independent observers have questioned a statement purportedly
issued by the Boeremag threatening more violent attacks over the festive
season. An e-mail claiming to originate from a Boeremag spokesman was again
quoted by Regime and Regime-supporting media, which hinted state buildings
would be among its targets, and called on private businesses to remove
themselves from such buildings. In spite of the fact that internet experts
have confirmed that it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for a
state intelligence agency with the resources available to the Azanian NIA
not to be able to trace such e-mails to its source and whoever is behind
it, nothing is ever heard of even an attempt to find, identify and arrest
him or her. The suspects reportedly seen by the public during the recent
Soweto bombings were also never identified and available identikits were
never published.
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- In a message to 'fellow-believers', Dr Theunis Botha
from Pretoria has called on Boers to sign a constitution wherein violence
is pertinently excluded. This follows, according to Botha, the wide-spread
practice of agents-provocateur, who instigate and organise violence, and
receive huge sums of money to deliver others into the hands of the ruling
Regime's state police. He mentions the example of such agents walking away
with over 200 000 Rand each for provoking the Worcester and another bombing.
He also points out that from the 18 Boers recently detained and refused
bail, there is not one convinced follower of the so-called 'Israel-Vision
creed', which is taken by the purported Boeremag spokesman sending out
e-mails as the basis of their beliefs.
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