- The government isn’t seizing farms, but radical fringe groups are encouraging invasions of land that they say was stolen by white settlers.
- A South African revolutionary song calling for blacks to kill white farmers has fomented racial tensions in the lead-up to elections.
- Extremist groups are attacking targets with bombs and automatic rifles, and no place is sacrosanct—from churches and bars frequented by white people, to minibus taxis transporting black factory workers.
Johannesburg, Mar.12.– On a swath of land on the north coast of South Africa’s lush KwaZulu-Natal Province, endless rows of sugarcane fill the emerald rolling hills, against the backdrop of the azure Indian Ocean.
It looks peaceful, but a battle has raged here for almost 15 years.
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26 February, Romanian news channel Antena 3 CNN reported Călin Georgescu is being questioned in connection with the financing of his election campaign last year. Georgescu was indicted on six counts and put under judicial control for 60 days, which allows him to walk free but not to leave the country, according to Romanian media reports.
