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4 arrested in terror plot ‘targeting’ ANC

“The police are currently handling the whole matter so we’ll be advised by the police in due course about the plot, if there is one, and who these people are,” said Khoza.

Francois Cloete, national secretary of the Federal Freedom Party told AFP that at least two of the men arrested were members of his party, which backs a federal South Africa with self-governing white regions.

“According to our information two people were arrested, in Naboomspruit (Mookgophong) in Limpopo province,” he said.

“We don’t associate at all with acts of terror. Our mission is self-determination through international laws.”

“The FVP is a political party, not a military organisation,” using the group’s Afrikaans acronym.

Since the fall of the white-minority apartheid government in 1994 numerous right-wing groups have turned to violence.

In August 20 people were convicted of high treason in connection with a plot to kill Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country.

The “Boeremag” organisation had planned a right-wing coup in 2002 to overthrow the post-apartheid government.

Dozens of people were injured and one person killed in blasts that shook the Johannesburg township of Soweto in October 2002.

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South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance condemned the alleged plot.

“It appears some on the lunatic fringe of our politics still do not respect the rights of all parties to exist. They must face the full force of the law.”

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