Two on trial for white supremacist’s death

The trial of two blacks accused of hacking to death South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’Blanche in a wage dispute opened yesterday.

Chris Mahlangu, a gardener at Mr Terre’Blanche’s farm, and a 16-year-old minor not identified for legal reasons were charged with the April 2010 murder.

The pair pleaded not guilty to charges including housebreaking, robbery and killing Mr Terre’Blanche.

Norman Arendse, the attorney for the minor facing murder charges, said there were “appalling conditions on the farm” that was not fit for human habitation. He said his client did not participate in the killing.

Prosecutor George Baloyi told the court the two accused found Mr Terre’Blanche asleep on his bed and beat him with a pipe.