Vryheid Man Says He Misses Eugène Terre’Blanche While Wearing AWB Regalia in TikTok Video
- A man on TikTok became a viral sensation after people noticed that he was showing support for a racially exclusive political party
- The video of a Vryheid resident's unwavering support for the late Eugène Terre'Blanche, a notorious South African nationalist, went viral
- South Africans had a lot to say about the man who expressed his support for Eugène Terre'Blanche in a viral snippet
Eugène Terre'Blanche's memory is still alive and well for one South African who was spotted showing his loyalty. The man spotted in Vryheid answered a few questions about his apparent support for the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB).
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The video of the man who remains a staunch supporter of Eugène Terre'Blanche after his death fascinated many. Hundreds of people commented on the video of the unlikely AWB supporter.
In a TikTok video by @newsnexussa, a cameraman approached a man who was shopping in the supermarket while dressed in khakis and AWB badges. Initially, the person recording tried to speak to the shopper in isiZulu, saying, "I see Eugene is still alive in Vryheid," but the man responded in Afrikaans. When asked if Eugène Terre'Blanche was his boss, the man said yes, he was. The follow-up question was whether he missed Eugène, and he also replied saying, "baie (a lot)."
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SA stunned by Eugène Terre'Blanche supporter
Many people were amazed to see the man who insisted that he missed Eugène Terre'Blanche. The founder of AWB was notorious for sharing white supremacist ideology. AWB was also regarded as a white supremacist organisation. Some people could not help but make jokes about the man who was upholding Eugène's Afrikaner nationalist legacy. Watch the video of the man dressed as an AWB supporter:
Jaundré was full of jokes:
"The black Eugène Terre'Blanche 🤣 "
that🔻crazy🔻 Capetonian saw a darker side to the video:
"This is so sad."
Dr Bryan Long was stunned by the odd sighting:
"Only in South Africa 😂"
Sikhumbuzo Dlamini kaMcanyana was amused:
"Aaaaaaah of all surnames wavele wathi Dlamini😭"
Azanda added:
"You can easily just tell where his vote is going if everything were up to him, he'd be staying in Orania too."
016 🇮🇹1010_Mathousand imagined it must be a prank:
"It must be for a Halloween 🎃 costume."
@TheWholesomePlate compared the man to a movie character:
"That’s Samuel L Jackson in Django😩 Unchained!"
StinkPoepZA (ZaReptiles) shared their experience of Vryheid:
"I used to live in this town, and when I'm saying this isn't even the craziest thing I’ve seen there, I'm not lying."
Yanela 🧚🏼♂️♦️ added:
"An identity crisis at that age is a choice, let him be 🥺😳💔😨"
Other Briefly News stories about strange sightings
- Online users were in stitches over a video of a woman who decided to make her and her daughter have the same hairstyle.
- TikTok viewers were thoroughly amused by children who went to school dressed up for different careers.
- South Africans shared thoughts on a man who was spotted wearing an isizulu traditional gear as a white South African.
Proofreading by Kelly Lippke, copy editor at Briefly.co.za.
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