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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has called for calm following the killing of far-right leader Eugene Terre'Blanche.

"The President appeals for calm following this terrible deed and asks South Africans not to allow agent provocateurs to take advantage of this situation by inciting or fueling racial hatred," Zuma's office said in a statement.

The 69-year-old ultra-right leader of Afrikaans Resistance Movement, who campaigned for a separate white homeland, was reportedly murdered at his farm on Saturday by two of his own employees over purported wage disputes.

Police found Terre'Blanche's bruised body with a machete placed on his corpse and a stick nearby. They have also arrested the two farm workers.

The farm hands have allegedly admitted to arguments with Terre'Blanche over unpaid salaries.

Meanwhile, opposition parties have warned of the likelihood of an 'explosive situation' that the far-right leader's murder has created.

Terreblanche had served a three-year prison term in 2001 for assaulting a black security guard.