‘Boere Ninja’ key in rightwing plot

He is Jaco Scherman, owner of Panzer Protection in Springs. He is a police reservist.
Last week he admitted to City Press that he had trained two of the four alleged far-right conspirators who wanted to bomb the Mangaung conference, but denied involve­ment in any of their plans.

But Cornelia De Wet, a rightwing farmer currently in custody, claims ammunition and explosives that police found on her farm in May this year belong to Scherman.
Last week, De Wet, who is being held in Middelburg prison, contacted City Press and said she had been part of Scherman’s far-right group.

She claimed terror acts had been planned in her pres­ence.
She said she had resigned from the organisation shortly before her arrest and claimed she had received death threats.
She had informed the police of the group’s existence.

“Scherman’s Panzer company is nothing other than a front to train rightwingers for war and terror,” De Wet charged.
She told of witnessing plans to blow up schools in pre­dominantly black neighbourhoods and taxi ranks, among other areas.

De Wet was a member of the Leeuwag and the Boere Beskermings Forum (BBF), both militant rightwing movements, of which Scherman had been a general.
The leader and founding member of the BBF was Johan Prinsloo, one of the four rightwingers who were arrested by police this week and charged with terrorism and treason.

Prinsloo, Mark Trollip, Hein Boonzaaier and Martin Keevy appeared in court in Bloemfontein lasts week because they had allegedly wanted to blow up the ANC conference with mortars.

The State claims there was a second plan to shoot Pres­ident Jacob Zuma, ministers and other ANC dignitaries at close range. Scherman admitted to City Press he had ties with Prinsloo and Boonzaaier, but insisted they had done nothing wrong. — City Press.