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Two members of the National Christian Resistance Movement, also known as the Crusaders, have been convicted and sentenced in the Middelburg Regional Court on Tuesday.
The Hawks said brothers, 55-year-old Eric and 50-year-old Errol Abrahams were sentenced to an effective eight years in jail for contravening the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorism and Related Matters Act.
Spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale said they had "prepared and planned to carry out terrorist attacks on government institutions and the African population in South Africa on 28 November 2019."
She said the two were part of an organisation that planned and conspired to overthrow the democratically elected Government of South Africa and replace it with a Government led by the organisation.
The brothers were arrested in Kliprivier in Gauteng in November 2019.
Mogale said the case against another accused, Harry Knoesen will continue on the 01st February 2021 for High Court trial date after he pleaded not guilty.
The National Head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General, Godfrey Lebeya commended the investigating team and the prosecutors involved in the matter.
