EugÃ ne Ney Terre ` Blanche ( January 31 , 1941 -- April 3 , 2010 ) was a Boer-Afrikaner who founded the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( AWB ) . In the times of apartheid in South Africa , he fought for white supremacy . EugÃ ne Ney Terre ` Blanche ( January 31 , 1941 -- April 3 , 2010 ) was a former member of South Africa 's Herstigte Nasionale Party who founded the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( or AWB ) during the apartheid era .