The mastermind of a “Boer Army” white supremacist plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of South Africa has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
The Former university lecturer, Mike du Toit, was sentenced on Tuesday after a trial lasting more than 10 years, state media said.
According to state media, he was convicted of high treason for his leadership role in the “Boeremag”, a rag-tag militia of apartheid loyalists accused of a botched 2002 coup attempt in Africa’s biggest economy that aimed to overthrow the ruling African National Congress.
At least one other leader of the group also received a 35-year sentence at the Pretoria High Court, while others among the 20 defendants were handed lesser sentences, state broadcaster SABC reported.
