Nazi salutes and swastikas as hundreds gather for funeral of murdered white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche
By Mail Foreign Service and Jane Flanagan
Last updated at 1:35 AM on 10th April 2010
Their arms raised in a Nazi salute, thousands of angry white followers greet the coffin of Eugene Terreblanche as it leaves church.
他們的手臂舉起以納粹敬禮，數千憤怒的白人信徒招呼尤金Terreblanche的靈柩，當它離開教堂時。
The South African white supremacist was buried on Friday, six days after being hacked to death by two black farm workers.
南非白人至上主義者在週五被埋葬，在被兩名黑人農場工人砍死之後6天。
Supporters travelled from across the country to mourn his murder and, in some cases, plot revenge.
支持者專程從全國各地來悼念他的謀殺，和在某些情況下，策劃報復。
Children and even babies were dressed in the uniform of 69-year-old Terreblanche’s party, the AWB.
兒童及甚至嬰兒穿著69年之久 Terreblanche的黨的制服，那AWB。
Haunting: Mourners give the Nazi salute as a hearse containing the body of slain white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche drives by in South Africa today不易忘懷的：送葬者給予納粹致敬，當靈車今天在南非載有白人至上主義領袖，被殺尤金Terreblanche的身體駛動
Flags bearing the swastika-like emblem of Terreblanche's party, the AWB, are waved as mourners give the salute today旗上載有Terreblanche的黨似納粹黨的徽，那AWB，在揮動當悼念者今天給予敬禮
A massive security operation was mounted for the ceremony amid fears of violent clashes between whites and blacks.
But there were few black faces to be seen. Some mourners muttered ‘housemaid’ in Afrikaans when a black government minister paying official respects walked past.
Despite calls for calm from political leaders following Terreblanche's brutal killing, the crowd were united in the view that the death of the white supremacist leader was a political assassination.
'None of us are safe,' said Jan van der Merwe, a small scale farmer.
'White farmers are always been murdered in this country, but now they have killed our leader, there must be consequences.'
Mourners still appear to be giving the Nazi salue as Terreblanche's coffin goes by - but in reality they are simply taking pictures with their cameras送葬者仍看似給予納粹敬禮當 Terreblanche的棺材經過 - 但事實是他們只是用自己的相機拍照
Terreblanche, the 69-year-old leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was bludgeoned to death last weekend, allegedly by two of his farm workers.
But the Afrikaner community is increasingly convinced his death is part of a sinister plot to decimate the descendants of South Africa's original white settlers.
Although the funeral, in Terreblanche's rural home town of Venterdorp, passed off peacefully, the country's worst racial crisis since the end of apartheid is far from over.
And with only nine weeks until the start of the World Cup, funeral goers expressed fears for the safety of the 32 competing teams.
'This government has lost control of the country,' Cornelia Jonck said.
'They cannot even protect those of us who live here, how can they guarantee the safety of hundreds of thousands of football fans.
'There will be bloodshed and then people of the world will know what we have to face every single day of our lives.'
Mrs Jonck, 61, was among the first to pitch a camping chair on the lawn in front of the brick church in the North West Province town, to hear the funeral broadcast on loud speakers.
As strains of the Afrikaner national anthem, Die Stem, meaning The Call, blasted out, police helicopters hovered overhead. The bumper of an armoured police car, parked outside the church, provided a seat for some elderly mourners who were unable to find room inside.
安息：Terreblanche的兄弟擺放AWB國旗在靈柩上Laid to rest: Terreblanche's brother lays the flag of the AWB over the coffin
There was audible tutting and a vigorous shaking of heads among those lining the road outside the church as the convoy carrying family of 'the leader' was followed by police cars with black officers at the wheel.
'It is not that we don't like the blacks,' said Margarite Dreyer, a lifelong member of Mr Terreblanche's AWB party.
'It is just that we want to be apart from them. We have our God and our ways, and they have their ancestors and the things that are important to them.
'God did not want us to be mixed like this. It is not a coincidence that Oom Gene [Terreblanche] died at Easter.
'He died so that we may be saved - so that God will give us our own homeland at last, so that the Afrkaners may be alone, like the people of Israel.'
A number of homemade banners blamed the country's President Jacob Zuma, and the firebrand leader of the ruling party's youth wing, Julius Malema, directly for the killing of Mr Terreblanche, a father of one daughter.
Tension: Supporters of Eugene Terreblanche raise their hands in a Nazi salute and sing (above) while others waved supremacist flags (below) ahead of his funeral in Ventersdorp today緊張：Eugene Terreblanche的支持者舉手以納粹式敬禮和唱歌（上），而其他人揮舞著國旗（下）在他今天於芬特斯多普的葬禮之前
'That black group from Julius, it doesn't matter to them who you are, if your skin is white, they are going to kill you,' shouted one tearful woman as she queued for a seat in the small church.
'He is a monkey auntie, he belongs in the bush,' a young boy added.
Mr Malema's resurrection of the township refrain 'Shoot the Boer' has stoked anti-white feeling within the country in recent weeks, many in the crowd claimed.
A number of mourners called for Mr Malema to be 'taken out' for his part in creating an atmosphere of rural lawlessness.
At least two white farmers are murdered each week in South Africa.
'I would have no trouble pulling the trigger myself,' an AWB member from Ventersdorp said. 'I am happy to kill him, but I don't want to go to jail for doing it. I'd rather die myself.'
Andre Erasmus, a pastor who was among the crowd, was adamant that Mr Terreblanch was not murdered in a row with his workers over pay.
He believed that about 10 years ago, 'a war was declared on the white man in the country and nobody has done anything about it'.
Loyal: AWB members stand guard outside the church grounds忠誠：AWB成員在教堂土地外站崗
There were audible wails of grief as the murdered Afrikaner's coffin was carried into the church draped in the red, black and white Nazi-like flag of his AWB movement. Two men wearing the group's military-style uniform stood at each end.
On the other side of town, the country's trade union federation called a mass meeting to ensure there would be no repeat of the black versus white clashes that had taken place earlier in the week when the alleged killers appeared in court.
Police and army units were drafted into the tiny town to ensure the funeral service and burial on Terreblanche's farm passed off peacefully.
Terreblanche was an iconic figure in the country; a large man with silver beard and piercing blue eyees, he attended rallies on horseback.
He was a fervent opposer of black rule. He had lived in relative obscurity since his release from prison in 2004 after a sentence for beating a black man nearly to death.
Despite fears to the contrary, his death has not sparked wider violence.
The acrimonious aftermath of Terreblanche's murder revealed strained race relations 16 years after apartheid collapsed and Nelson Mandela became president, urging all races to come together.
Terreblanche was hacked to death while he slept at his farm, apparently after a row over wages. The attack with machetes and pipes is said to have been so violent that Terreblanche's body was 'unrecognisable' .
His alleged killers worked for him on the farm outside Ventersdorp, north-west of Johannesburg.
To add to the list of potential security problems ahead of the football tournament, terror group Al Qaeda today threatened to attack the games in South Africa.
A statement from the group published online read: 'How amazing could the match United States vs Britain be when broadcasted live on air at a stadium packed with spectators.
'When the sound of an explosion rumbles through the stands, the whole stadium is turned upside down and the number of dead bodies are in their dozens and hundreds, Allah willing.
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