Worldfocus » Xolela Mangcu http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Class divisions widen in racially free South Africa http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/25/class-divisions-widen-in-racially-free-south-africa/4173/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/25/class-divisions-widen-in-racially-free-south-africa/4173/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:26:20 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4173 Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal takes a look at South Africa’s easing of racial tensions in the Signature Story “Poverty preserves racial lines in post-apartheid South Africa.” Despite legal racial equality, social and economic structures continue to enforce a wide poverty gap in the country.

Dr. Xolela Mangcu of the Platform for Public Deliberation and the Social Cohesion and Identity Research Programme discusses this divide and the failure of a liberated people to meet the demands of the Mandela promise.

Despite legal racial equality, social and economic structures continue to enforce a wide poverty gap in South Africa. Dr. Xolela Mangcu of the Platform for Public Deliberation discusses the country’s economic and class divide. /files/2009/02/th_safrica_xolela.jpg /files/2009/02/th_safrica_xolela.jpg ]]> http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/25/class-divisions-widen-in-racially-free-south-africa/4173/feed/