Right Wing Extremism in South Africa is a Declining Threat with High Risk Implications

Afrikaner Rightwing extremism as an organised threat has declined, though the risk of small group or lone wolf attacks remains present. Transformation in South Africa has resulted in a fringe Afrikaner grouping that is of the opinion that they have lost their identity, that the Afrikaner is being targeted by means of inverse prejudice and that a black versus white battle is inevitable. Add to this a continuous reference to high crime rates, murder of white farmers and families and black economic empowerment leading to socio-economic deprivation of the Afrikaner. At the centre of rightwing extremism lies a racists view in which black South Africans are often viewed as under-developed and "barbaric".The screenshot is an example of Face Book groups propagating a conservative Afrikaner nationalism in which the "Afrikaner Under Threat" ida is propagated. Though there is not direct calls for extremist inspired violence, this type of propaganda does feed extremists ideas and…