South African President Jacob Zuma is calling for calm following the murder of a white supremacist leader named Eugène Terre’Blanche. Terre’Blanche was a longtime supporter of the apartheid government and an advocate for the creation of an all-white republic within South Africa. The killing comes ten weeks before South Africa hosts the World Cup. Police say the killing was carried out by two farmworkers over a wage dispute, but supporters of Terre’Blanche claim it was racially motivated. Jackson Mthembu of the African National Congress called on the country to act with maturity.

Jackson Mthembu, African National Congress: “Through our speculations, we might even create and fuel polarization of the various nationalities that we find in our country. We are therefore saying this time, these trying times in our country, needs all of us to act with maturity. And we, as ANC, will play our part. We expect other parties will do the same. Our condolences go to the family of Terre’Blanche, his organization and all those who were close to him.”