Tension are running high outside the Ventersdorp Magistrate's Court where the two men accused of Eugene Terre Blanche's murder will appear today.

At least 600 people have gathered outside the court.

The crowd were upset when it was announced that the hearing would be held in camera behind closed doors - as one of the accused is a minor.

An artificial boundary divided the AWB farmers from members of the local black community. The AWB crowd began singing apartheid anthem Die Stem, while the Black crowd sang the new South African National Anthem.

Police had to intervene when insults were allegedly hurled by a woman from the AWB camp, which sparked a tense face-off between the two groups, which the police seem to have got under control.

Four old South African flags and about 20 Vierkleur were held up during the singing.

Tempers also flared when a member of the SACP Youth League, Shoes Nsibamde, wearing a shirt emblazened with the emblem 'do it for Chris Hani' attempted to give a TV interview outside the court room. He was immediately surrounded by men wearing old SA flags as well as the old Vierkleur flag.

When asked about farm murders the men jeered and interrupted the interview saying Nsibande had no answers and could only sing songs about murder.

Pieter Steyn, the AWB spokesperson, said the gathering was just to show solidarity with Terre Blanche's family.

"After the court proceedings we will disperse, we are not going to throw stones, and we're not going to burn down the library."

The situation remains tense at this stage.

Police have cordoned off the sides of the court with barbed wire and formed a line of officers, about 50 strong, in front of the court.

A police helicopter is also circling the area.