Ventersdorp was the home-base of the radical Afrikaner leader Eugene Terr’blanche who was murdered in 2010 leading to speculation that South Africa was as racially polarised as ever. However only a couple of months later, the nation would host the football World Cup to world acclaim and prove once again the resilience of its people and the strength of the message of reconciliation preached by Nelson Mandela on his release from jail. Terr’blanche’s AWB (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) has stirred emotions over the years, and Ventersdorp has been at the centre of it.