Steyn von Rönge

Steyn van Ronge
Leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
Assumed office
8 April 2010
Preceded by Eugène Terre'Blanche
Personal details
Born Steyn van Ronge
1955
South Africa
Political party Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (after 1988)
Alma mater Potchefstroom Hoervolkskool
Profession
  • Politician
  • Farmer

Steyn von Rönge (sometimes written as Steyn van Ronge) (born 1955) is the president of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB). von Rönge was the deputy leader of the AWB who took over the reins after Eugene Terre'Blanche, the founding president, was murdered 3 April 2010. He had previously acted as leader of the AWB when Terre'Blanche was in prison.[1]

Steyn von Rönge was appointed as a leader of AWB on 6 April 2010 without voting. He joined the AWB in 1983 during the first referendum, as he did not vote with PW Botha's decisions. He soon moved to the deputy and chairman of the Movement. His goals are the establishment of a white homeland and a security plan to protect farmers against farm attacks.[2][3]

von Rönge is a third generation cattle farmer in the Zastron district, in southern Free State. Steyn is married to Cornelia von Rönge. He has two daughters and a son. [4]Leier von Rönge graduated in 1972 from Zastron High School. During his military service he was at the South African Air Force in Pretoria, where he was a physical education instructor. He has a bachelor degree from the University of the Free State (Kovsies). After graduating he worked as a clerk at an auditing firm.[5]

Terre'Blanche allegedly promised the AWB leadership to both Von Rönge and Andre Visagie, the AWB's then secretary general.[6] However, Von Rönge could provide proof of his appointment with a fax signed on 12 March 2010 with two witnesses in which Terre'Blanche asked von Rönge to take over the leadership until he had recovered from his heart surgery.[1]

In 1993, he was sentenced to a fine of R2,000(now about 140 EUR) or six months in jail after injuring two black members of the Army on his farm. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Branko Brkic (2010-04-06). "Meet the new face of the AWB". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. ↑ Kristen van Schie (2010-04-07). "Enough is enough, says new AWB leader". IOL. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ↑ STEYN VAN RONGE Retrieved on 27 Feb 2018
  4. ↑ Meet the new face of the AWB Retrieved on 27 Feb 2018
  5. 1 2 Steyn von Rönge Retrieved on 27 Feb 2018
  6. ↑ Gert Coetzee (2010-04-08). "Confusion over AWB leadership". Volksblad. News24.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.


Political offices
New title President of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement
2010–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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