South Africa’s white supremacist leader convicted of Mandela plot

Pretoria, 27 Jul – (ANA) - The mastermind of a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, has been convicted of treason.

A Pretoria court ruled that Boeremag group leader Mike du Toit was behind the nine bombings in Johannesburg's Soweto township in 2002.

He is the first person to be convicted of treason in South Africa since white minority rule ended in 1994.

Analysts say race relations in South Africa are still tense.

However, white extremist groups like Boeremag, which means Afrikaner Power in

The Pretoria High Court handed down its verdict against Du Toit, a former academic, following a nine-year trial. (ANA)

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