South Africa is a complex and changing country that is still dealing with a legacy of racial division. It was only 15 years ago that the system of apartheid ended, and since then many of the racial barriers have been broken down, if not forgotten.
But a gap still exists today between have and have-nots, and many of the poor are black. They may be equal on paper, but because of impoverished conditions, many still feel unequal.
Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal takes look at the new South Africa, beginning in Soweto, a former black township in Johannesburg that came to symbolize the repressive old days.
Bloggers in South Africa and elsewhere discuss the state of race relations in the country: http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/23/poverty-preserves-racial-lines-in-post-apartheid-south-africa/4161/
Worldfocus video podcast: feed://feeds2.feedburner.com/worldfocus
Duration : 0:6:28
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Oh really….where …
Oh really….where were these whites of the Democratic Alliance during your Apartheid Reich then? Too busy then enjoying the benefits of white previllege under Botha’s Nazis rule, to think about Democracy then. Now your evil reich had fell, all of a sudden, you are pretending to believe in one man, one vote virtue of democratic rule. Well, democracy is in SA now & the ANC is ruling, so deal with it or relocate, if the the idea of majority rule doesn’t suit white supremacist africaaners & Boers.
Democratic Alliance …
Democratic Alliance is the competent party with a clear economic vision.
im lovin the black …
im lovin the black mall with the black people, the world is never shown these kinds of images. i had no idea soweto had calmed down.i only saw violence.
This liberal …
This liberal american reporter is really whitewashing the New South Africa…..All if nice and perfect. Youll never get the truth about ZA from an American liberal
As long as …
As long as appartheid is blamed for the currant problems in south africa, nothing will get better. if something works like school systems, it has to be destroyed. SA kids are really stupid now with lack of education. Tax is there to fund ministers and their familys, not the poor. So the ANC is raping their own kind. I do not feel sorry for you at all. We have now become numb to your pathetic pain and suffering. if someone begs, I tell them to ask Zuma
And which party is …
And which party is the competent one then?
White’s Black’s …
White’s Black’s have alway’s married there-The Chinese they Don’t!!
poor blacks in S.A …
poor blacks in S.A are stupid after 15 years ANC in power there unable to deliver on there promises 2009 came they had the biggest oppotunity to vote for the competent party that will provide on there promises but NO they Voted ANC cause the party is black. now let suffer
whi says blacks …
whi says blacks cant be productive with out whites
I guess somethings …
I guess somethings never change. That is just the way it is. People are comfortable with their own- but together they can make very interesting things happen.