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Line 40: The growing conflict between right-wing groupings and the government has been identified as one of the most significant developments in the course of 1991, with the Battle of Ventersdorp as its high point.<ref>{{cite journal\|author1=Graeme Simpson \|author2=Janine Rauch \|name-list-style=amp \|title=Political Violence: 1991 \|editor=Boister, N. \|editor2=Ferguson-Brown, K \|journal=Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Human Rights Yearbook 1992, First Edition \|pages=212–239 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|location=Cape Town \|year=1993 \|url=http://www.csvr.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=709&Itemid=188 \|accessdate=1 June 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819235417/http://www.csvr.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=709&Itemid=188 \|archivedate=19 August 2010}}</ref> The events in Ventersdorp, as well as gains by the right-wing opposition in white by-elections, led De Klerk to call a [[South African referendum, 1992\|referendum]] in March 1992]]. The referendum confirmed white support for the negotiation process, despite continued opposition from the far right. Following the end of apartheid, Terre'Blanche and his supporters sought amnesty for the Battle of Ventersdorp and other acts. Amnesty was granted by the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)\|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]].<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=[[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)\|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]]\|title=Amnesty decision AC/99/0221\|year=1999\|url=http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/decisions/1999/ac990221.htm\|accessdate=11 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|publisher=[[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)\|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]]\|title=Amnesty hearing\|date=11 May 1999\|url=http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/amntrans/1999/99051011_klk_990511kl.htm\|accessdate=25 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/media/1999/9905/p990510a.htm\|title=Terre'Blanche calls for De Klerk to answer at his amnesty hearing\|publisher=SAPA\|date=11 May 1999}}</ref>

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