Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche is an Afrikaner white supremacist who founded the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ... White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... The flag of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, also called Afrikaner Resistance Front or AWB, is an extremist right-wing political group of South Africa. ...

Descended from French Huguenot immigrants to South Africa who arrived in 1704 as refugees fleeing religious persecution in France along with many other Huguenot refugees to the Cape and elsewhere of the time, Terre'Blanche's grandfather fought for the Boers as a Cape Rebel in the Boer War, and his father was a lieutenant colonel in the South African Defence Force. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... Boer is the Afrikaans language word for farmer. ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boers, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South Africa that put... In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... Military branches: South African National Defence Force or SANDF (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Service), South African Police Service (SAPS) Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 11,924,500 (2004 est. ...

During the late 1960s, Terre'Blanche began to increasingly oppose what he called the "liberal policies" of B. J. Vorster, the then Prime Minister of South Africa. In 1970, Terre'Blanche, along with 6 other Afrikaners, founded the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. His oratory skills earned him much support amongst the white population of South Africa; the AWB claimed 70,000 members at its height. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ... This is a list of South African Prime Ministers. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Oratory is the art of eloquent speech. ...

Terre'Blanche viewed the end of apartheid as a surrender to communism, and threatened full scale race war if President de Klerk gave in to Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress' demands, however, Terre'Blanche did not back up these threats. Apartheid (International Phonetic Alphabet or in English and in Afrikaans) is the policy and the system of laws implemented and continued by White minority governments in South Africa from 1948 to 1990; and by extension any legally sanctioned system of racial segregation. ... This article is about communism as a form of society built around a gift economy, as an ideology that advocates that form of society, and as a popular movement. ... The term Race war is a slang term, referring to develping hostilities between ethnic groups divided on the basis of race. ... F.W. de Klerk State President of South Africa 1989–1994 Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936) was the last State President of South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. ... Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, OM, (born July 18, 1918) before becoming President of South Africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur. ... The African National Congress (ANC), a center-left political party was originally (until 1923)called the South African Native National Congress and has been South Africas governing party (in a coalition) since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ...

On June 17, 1997 Terre'Blanche was sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting a petrol station worker and trying to murder a farm hand. One of only three whites in the Rooigrond prison near Mafikeng, Terre'Blanche was released in June, 2004. During his time in prison, he became a born-again Christian and says that he has dropped many of his more extreme racist views. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Modern gas station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel for road motor vehicles – usually petrol (US: gas/gasoline), diesel fuel and LPG. The term gas station is mostly particular to the United States of America and Canada, where petrol is known as... Mafikeng is the capital of the North West Province, South Africa, 870 miles NE of Cape Town and 492 miles SSW of Bulawayo by rail, and 162 miles in a direct line W by N of Johannesburg. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Born again is a term used originally and mainly in Christianity, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth. ... An African-American drinks out of a water cooler designated for use by colored patrons in 1939 at a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City. ...

External links

• Terre'Blanche's biography on the official AWB website (http://www.awb.co.za/leier_e.htm)
• Guardian Unlimited - Terre'Blanche returns to a new world (http://www.guardian.co.uk/southafrica/story/0,13262,1235281,00.html)

French Huguenot Heritage.

• The Contribution of The Huguenots in South Africa. (http://www.geocities.com/hugenoteblad/huguenots.htm)