Funeral of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche

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(9 Apr 2010) • ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ • 1. Wide pan of mourners for Eugene Terreblanche standing in silence outside APK Church • 2. Terreblanche''s coffin being lifted out of hearse • 3. Tilt down from Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging movement (AWB) and former South African flags to mourners wheeling Terreblanche''s coffin into church • 4. Wide interior of church with arrival of coffin, congregation singing old Afrikaans national anthem of South Africa • 5. Congregation taking seats UPSOUND Organ • 6. Mid shot of Steyn van Ronge, newly elected leader of AWB • 7. Cutaway photo of Paul Kruger, former president of Republic of South Africa • 8. SOUNDBITE (Afrikaans) Steyn van Ronge, newly elected leader of AWB: • Due to the explosive situation we have, they have decided that today, on Friday, on the funeral of Mr. Terreblanche, to have their meeting here. It''s their prerogative to have their meeting when and where they want. I just hope there is no provocation from their side. • 9. Wide of Andrie Visagie, Secretary General of AWB, speaking to reporters • 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrie Visagie, Secretary General of AWB: • We are arming ourselves and let me clarify this once and for all. We are arming ourselves to defend ourselves. We are not importing RPG7s, we are buying pistols and we are buying revolvers so that we can protect ourselves. • 11. Wide exterior of church, mourners listening to funeral on public-address system • 12. Close of mourners listening, banner in background with photo of Terreblanche reading (English) Murdered by SA government? • 13. Reverse shot of mourners, Afrikaner flags • 14. Reverse shot of mourners, church tower • STORYLINE: • Hundreds of mourners sang South Africa''s apartheid-era anthem at Friday''s funeral of a white supremacist killed in what has been described as a wage dispute with two young black farm workers. • Men in camouflage with pistols at their waists and little girls in their Sunday best gathered in northwestern South Africa to mourn Eugene Terreblanche, whose body was brought into the church in a closed coffin covered in red and white flowers. • Terreblanche''s death has not sparked wider violence. • South African leaders have acknowledged that racial tensions remain 16 years after apartheid ended, but have played down any threat to the World Cup that starts in June, the first time football''s premier tournament will come to Africa. • White militants who considered Terreblanche their leader say his death proves whites aren''t safe under majority rule. • Black leaders say controlling crime - whether its victims are white or black - is a priority in a country with one of the highest rates of violent crime in the world. • Terreblanche''s coffin was draped with a flag belonging to the white supremacist movement he led. • The 500 or so people in the church rose and sang Die Stem, an Afrikaans-language song that was the national anthem during the apartheid era. • One verse of the song, which translates to The Call, is a verse in the modern, multi-lingual South African national anthem, Nkosi Sikeleli Africa. • Hundreds of mourners were on the grass outside, some in lawn chairs, listening on speakers set up around the church. • Security for the funeral was tight, with a police helicopter circling over the squat, blond-brick church where a few hundred mourners gathered hours before the funeral was to begin. • On Friday, some mourners linked Terreblanche''s death to the fiery rhetoric of the youth leader of the governing African National Congress. • Malema says the song has nothing to do with Terreblanche''s death. • Terreblanche was released in 2004. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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