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South Africa: 20 Right-wing extremists to be sentenced in Mandela assassination plot
The state is seeking life sentences for the group’s leaders and bomb specialists, and 10 to 15 years in prison for the other defendants.
South Africa does not have the death sentence.
“We are hoping for a good conviction,” said Paul Ramoloka, spokesman for specialist police unit the Hawks, who investigated the plot.
Security was tight around the courtroom, with police carrying out body searches of the public.
The Boeremag, Afrikaans for “Boer Force”, a reference to the descendants of the first Dutch colonizers, had planned to sow chaos through bomb blasts then take over military bases, replace the government with white minority military rule and chase all blacks (who are native to the country) from the country.
Far-right organization the Boer Republicans bussed in its members to support the defendants during sentencing.
The sentences are expected to be handed down on Tuesday.
