{"id":5992,"date":"2015-05-21T16:33:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T15:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2021-10-30T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T22:01:14","slug":"9-ugly-ways-apartheid-thrives-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/9-ugly-ways-apartheid-thrives-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Ugly Ways Apartheid Still Thrives In The Present Day South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apartheid as a word is almost the synonym of South Africa.\u00a0For it is almost if not impossible to name the word without talking about South Africa. The word emanated from “apart-hood” which literally means “the state of being apart”, and from 1948 to the mid 90’s, apartheid represented a system of racial segregation in South Africa which was enforced via the legislation of the National Party to extensively abridge the rights of the black populace of South Africa.<\/p>\n
As Peter Abrahams inscribed in his novel “Tell Freedom” all the good things of life were then “Reserved For Whites Only”. So, apartheid by extension refers to the forms of systematic segregation. If that’s the case, here are evidence that will reveal the masked face of apartheid in South Africa.<\/p>\n
<\/a>You’ll know apartheid still exists in South Africa when you read Carel Boshoff IV’s statement. Carel, the great son-in-law of the former prime minister Henrik Verwoerd, that orchestrated apartheid, told Sowetan Live<\/a> that “when new people come to Orania, they are interviewed by a group of people to make sure that they have sufficient understanding of what the town is about.” With such a statement, one begins to understand\u00a0why all the residents of Orania are the descendants of white migrants of Dutch and German. Could it be that the black faces that appeared in Orania failed the said interview and were disqualified as ineligible to live in Orania? Why are there no blacks in Orania? Despite claims by the white community in Orania that the town is not racist, the only reasonable answer to the questions above is apartheid.<\/p>\n <\/a>A vast majority of citizens materially excluded in South Africa are blacks. A study that categorized and measured the standard of living of South Africans reported that an overwhelming majority of the poor are blacks. Data from the study revealed that\u00a035.4 percent of black South Africans are in the lowest four Living Standard Measure (LSM) categories, 48.2 percent are in the middle categories and 16.3 percent are in the highest four categories. Whereas for white South Africans,\u00a00% are in the lowest four LSM groups\u00a05% are in the middle categories, and 95% are in the top four categories.<\/p>\n See Also: 10 Moments of Change And Their Significance<\/a> <\/a>Interracial marriage, the most intimate of the forms of integration received the lowest level of approval from South Africans. With that, one can absolutely infer that the blacks, whites and colored South Africans do not want to bond. They do not want any link, connection or union. Thus they have effectively stayed apart. That’s definitely something apartheid can cause.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Yes, racial segregation which is a profound indicator of apartheid was officially abolished about 20 years ago. However, the schools attended by South African students are still largely categorized based on race. Schools dominated by white students are functional whereas those that are attended by a majority of blacks struggle to bestow the much-needed literacy ability. Check out the quality of private schools in South Africa which predominantly serve white students, then do the same for schools with poor facilities and less qualified teachers, I guarantee you will find no white student there.<\/p>\n <\/a>The quality of education provided for the white as enabled by the apartheid government ensured that majority of whites retained good jobs and that still happens up to\u00a0date. As such, South Africans have consistently experienced a huge disparity in job distribution where the minority whites are largely employed and the black majority are hugely unemployed. One can conclusively say the blacks in South Africa are set-apart for unemployment.<\/p>\n <\/a>The obsessive and sometimes irrational fear of the black race by the whites effectively kept the white race apart from the blacks in South Africa.\u00a0MailOnline<\/a> once reported that Kobus Jonck, a sheep farmer residing in Orania (the all-white town) expressed this fear when he opined that the whites are safe in Orainia as they do not have to worry about locking their cars and house doors at night. Now that’s just not right.<\/p>\n <\/a>Look around you, you’ll surely observe that the blacks and whites in South Africa are socially apart. The SARB (South African Reconciliation Barometer) 2014\u00a0results show that “racial identities are becoming stronger while a united South African identity is becoming weaker”. Only about 27 percent of South African citizens always or often on ordinary weekdays interact with other citizens of another race. 26 percent do same sometimes whereas 44 percent of South African population hardly or never speak to someone with a different skin color.<\/p>\n2. Unequal Standards Of Living<\/h2>\n
Blacks Are Left Behind<\/h4>\n
\nIn South African History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n3. Rejection Of Interracial Marriage<\/h2>\n
4. Unequal Education<\/h2>\n
5. Unequal Employment Opportunities<\/h2>\n
6. The Black Phobia<\/h2>\n
7. Unhealthy Racial Integration<\/h2>\n
8. Residential Segregation<\/h2>\n