The thorny issue of ‘race’ in South African politics: why it endures almost 30 years after apartheid ended
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A bus displays the: 'Non whites only'. Apartheid ended in 1994 in South Africa, but ‘race’ remains politically salient. Photo by DEA / A. Vergani/De Agostini via Getty Images Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand “Race” continues to have much political salience in South Africa, a country where, in the past, perceived differences of skin colour were used to construct a hierarchy of “races”, with whites at the top, to justify their political economic domination.
The thorny issue of ‘race’ in South African politics: why it endures almost 30 years after apartheid ended
The thorny issue of ‘race’ in South African…
The thorny issue of ‘race’ in South African politics: why it endures almost 30 years after apartheid ended
A bus displays the: 'Non whites only'. Apartheid ended in 1994 in South Africa, but ‘race’ remains politically salient. Photo by DEA / A. Vergani/De Agostini via Getty Images Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand “Race” continues to have much political salience in South Africa, a country where, in the past, perceived differences of skin colour were used to construct a hierarchy of “races”, with whites at the top, to justify their political economic domination.