Pretoria treason trial Judge Eben Jordaan’s patience has been tried with yet more complaints from the 22 Boeremag trialists accused of plotting to overthrow the African National Congress government.
”I’m sick and tired. This trial must go on and finish. It cannot be railroaded by these small upsets,” he said on Tuesday.
The trialists have lodged another complaint about the manner in which they are being transported between the city’s C-Max prison and the court.
Jordaan demanded to see the person in charge of the transport in his offices on Wednesday.
The complaints followed an incident on Monday afternoon when there was apparently a confrontation between the accused men and police transporting them.
One of the trialists, Tom Vorster, told the court he did not have money to enforce his rights. He asked that the driver of the vehicle transporting him be taken off duty.
Police spy Johan (JC) Smit, testifying on Tuesday, again highlighted an alleged Boeremag plan to chase blacks out of the country along the N1 highway and Indians along the N3 highway.
Asked what the Boeremag planned to do with coloured people, Smit said he could not say, but it later came to light that one Willem Grobler would have negotiated with the coloured resistance movement for support.
Harry Prinsloo, appearing for alleged Boeremag leader Mike du Toit, said his client would deny ever telling anyone that black townships had to be attacked or telling anyone that the name of the organisation was the Boeremag.
He would also deny at any stage saying that they had to ”start the war immediately” — claims denied by Smit.
The trial continues on Wednesday. — Sapa