APARTHEID FLAG STILL FLYING ON S. AFRICA’S LAND?

Many White South Africans are unwilling to embrace South Africa as it is today, betraying an apparent a nostalgia for what some of them refer to as 'the good old days' of the apartheid regime - for instance, by clinging on to memorials and symbols of apartheid. In a 2023 poll by the South African Reconciliation Barometer, only 45% of White South Africans supported the removal of memorials and other symbols of colonialism and apartheid. Our video includes a 2015 clip of a group of Afrikaners (White settlers of Dutch descent) burning a South African flag and holding up an apartheid-era flag.

Post-apartheid, many White South Africans are fiercely opposed to progressive policies that would benefit Black South Africans. For instance, after the recent introduction of a new land-expropriation law - which seeks to create equality in land ownership in South Africa - many Afrikaners denounced the new policy, falsely alleging discrimination against them. This is ironic, as, during apartheid, Afrikaners widely supported the racist regime that repressed the country’s Black majority, including forcing them to live in segregated townships and rural ‘homelands.’

Sources

https://mg.co.za/article/2019-12-06-00-white-people-accept-the-past-still-matters/

https://www.ictj.org/node/35024

https://time.com/6087699/south-africa-wealth-gap-unchanged-since-apartheid/

https://businesstech.co.za/news/wealth/121059/black-vs-white-millionaires-in-south-africa/

https://newafricanmagazine.com/21207/

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