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title: "ET funeral in photos: part 1, Ventersdorp"
description: "Ventersdorp on the day of the Eugene Terre'Blanche funeral, through the lenses of our reporters on the spot."
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# ET funeral in photos: part 1, Ventersdorp

> Ventersdorp on the day of the Eugene Terre'Blanche funeral, through the lenses of our reporters on the spot.

By Branko Brkic · Published 9 April 2010, 20:37 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:01 SAST

## Content

At the church, on the outskirts of town.

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And then the rain came down.

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While the miles-long convoy wound its way past the township on its way to the farm, for the burial.

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***Photos: Toby Shapshak, Kevin Bloom, Phillip de Wet***

For more images from Ventersdorp, see part two of this series, on [the burial itself](../article/2010-04-09-et-funeral-in-photos-part-2-the-burial), or all our [video from the day of the funeral](../article/2010-04-09-video-selected-scenes-from-the-eugene-terreblanche-funeral). You can also check out our [video of skirmishes between white and black](../article/2010-04-06-video-the-ventersdorp-skirmish-that-nearly-became-a-battle) on the day of the first court appearance of the two murder accused, or our[photos from that same day](../article/2010-04-06-terreblanche-murder-hearing-starts-with-posturing-little-action).