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2008 in South Africa

Explore 4 historical events and records for South Africa in 2008.

Historical records for South Africa in 2008

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March

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

TerreBlanche, Eugene Ney · Politics / Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

Calls for a "free Afrikaner republic", and vows to take his campaign to the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague in a bid to secure this.

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

TerreBlanche, Eugene Ney · Politics / Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

Terre Blanche becomes the speaker at several AWB rallies, encompassing Vryburg, Middelburg, Mpumalanga and Pretoria.

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

TerreBlanche, Eugene Ney · Politics / Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

The AWB announces the re-activation of the political party, for populist reasons, citing the encouragement of the public principally to attacks on commercial farmers and ethnic Boers, the electricity crisis, corruption across Government departments and rampant crime.

International Court of Justice

TerreBlanche, Eugene Ney · Politics / Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging

Calls for a "free Afrikaner republic", and vows to take his campaign to the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague in a bid to secure this

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