A South African court has handed down prison sentences to 20 white extremists involved in terrorist plots, including an attempt on the life of former president Nelson Mandela.
The so-called Boeremag (Boer Force) far-right militia was apprehended following a string of bombings in Soweto township outside Johannesburg in 2002, just eight years after the end of white minority rule. One woman died in the attacks.
The group was trying to overthrow the African National Congress-led post-Apartheid government.
All the men were convicted last year of high treason, with some being found guilty of additional offences, such as homicide.
Judge Eben Jordaan ruled that the group intended to cause civil war by attacking black targets and hoping to provoke retaliation. The judge deemed that the likelihood of revenge attacks was high.
One of the plots involved trying to use a landmine to kill Mandela, the country's first black president. It was foiled after Mandela arrived at the location, a school, by helicopter.
The decade-long trial has been among the most expensive in the country's history, in part because the state paid for the legal defence of the Boeremag members.
The accused received sentences ranging from five to 30 years, with the judge being lenient on those who expressed regret. However, he ruled that many of the top figures showed no signs of remorse.
Some of the Boeremag leaders were members of the old Apartheid regime's military force.
Right-wing groups bused in a small number of supporters to the court in Pretoria to support those being sentenced.
The court is the same one where Mandela and other anti-Apartheid activists were convicted of treason in 1964.
