Outside court, white protesters showed an effigy of a hanged black man as backers of Eugene Terre’Blanche’s killer, Chris Mahlangu, sang racial songs.
Eugene Terre’Blanche’s killer, farmhand Chris Mahlangu, has been sentenced to life in prison for the AWB leader’s murder last year.
No matter that the victim was SA’s top right-winger, Eugene Terre’Blanche. In the end it was just another brutal farm murder, writes Phillip de Wet.
Chris Mahlangu has been found guilty of murdering Eugene Terre’Blanche just over two years ago, bringing to a close the first part of a complex trial.
The trial of two people accused of killing right-winger Eugene Terre’Blanche has been postponed in the high court sitting in Ventersdorp for judgment.
The high court in Ventersdorp has heard that the state has no evidence against a minor accused of killing right-wing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche.
A mortuary worker who removed rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche’s body from his house has denied seeing semen-like fluid on his genitals.
A sodomy claim by a farm worker accused of killing right wing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche has been questioned during his murder trial.
The mother of a minor accused in right wing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche’s murder trial was present when he pointed out crime scenes and confessed.
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/ 30 January 2012
Slain rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche’s wife testified that suspect Chris Mahlangu arrived at her house drunk on the day of her husband’s death.
The AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial is set to resume with testimony from the police captain who visited the murder scene.
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/ 29 January 2012
The trial of two farmworkers accused of killing rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche continues in the High Court sitting in Ventersdorp on Monday.
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/ 19 October 2011
More police bungling became clear in the Ventersdorp High Court on Wednesday in the trial of the pair accused in Eugene Terre’Blanche’s murder.
It is not known whether Terre’Blanche had been drinking at the time of his death, as blood tests have still not been finalised.
A police witness gave damning evidence to strengthen the state’s case and cast doubt on one of the suspect’s self-defence arguments.
Blood patterns on Terre’Blanche’s bedroom walls, curtains and door indicate he was killed lying on his bed, and with great force, an expert says.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial enters its seventh day today, after a series of police blunders were picked apart by the defence on Monday.
The trial of Chris Mahlangu and his teenaged co-accused, charged with the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche, enters its second week in Ventersdorp today.
The only thing that gave away what was going inside the Ventersdorp courthouse as a row of media cars and a police van here and there.
The cop who arrested the two farmworkers accused of killing Eugene Terre’Blanche says he didn’t know how to deal with the arrested minor.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial enters its fourth day in the wake of a key police witness’s confession that he had lied about certain details.
The fifth witness in the murder trial of AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche has taken to the stand, also testifying to the suspect’s admission of guilt.
The pair accused of killing Eugene Terre’Blanche confessed to committing the crime in a fight over unpaid wages, a witness in the murder trial says.
A fifth witness is expected to add his testimony to that of four others who say the duo accused of killing Eugene Terre’Blache confessed to the crime.
An bail affidavit submitted by Eugene Terre’Blanche murder-accused Chris Mahlangu could prejudice him, his advocate argued on Tuesday.
The teen accused of killing Eugene Terre’Blanche played no part in the murder, but he had been threatened on the AWB leader’s farm, his lawyer says.
Court proceedings in the Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial began in the high court sitting in Ventersdorp.
There will be no protests by AWB members at the murder trial of two workers accused of killing right-wing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche, the group says.
Police and AWB members gathered outside court on Tuesday ahead of the appearance of two people accused of killing AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche.
The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial may be delayed on Tuesday because one of the accused has a new attorney.
Members of the public, including members of the Terre’Blanche family, will be able to view the testimony of the 15-year old accused of the murder of Eugene Terre’blanche.
Media houses were granted access to the trial of Eugene Terre’Blanche’s alleged killers at the Ventersdorp Circuit Court on Thursday.