BBC NEWS - Terreblanche set for jail release

Controversial leader South African far-right leader Eugene Terreblanche, jailed for attempted murder, will be released from prison next week, a government official said. Terreblanche has served more than half of a five-year term for attacking a black security guard. The flamboyant head of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement will be freed on parole on 11 June, the official said. Terreblanche's movement was a fierce opponent of the end of white rule in South Africa. 'Good behaviour' 'Terreblanche will be released on parole next Friday and will serve the remainder of his service under correctional supervision,' said government spokesman Sarie Peens. He was jailed in March 2001 after being convicted of trying to kill security guard Paul Motshabi in 1996.