Report in South Africa

Report in South Africa

Ladies and gentlemen, before to enclose our newscast, it is the time of our report, which will now focus on the South Africa. This story was edited by two of our journalists just returned from mission.

Before all you need to know that between 1948 and June 30th 1991 there was in South Africa Apartheid policy. Today when someone is talking about Apartheid, it evokes in people’s minds a bygone period that gave way to the equality of human beings.

Since 1991 Apartheid is abolished, there is no more area reserved for whites or prohibited blacks, no more passbook. Although there are tensions between supporters of Apartheid and the ANC, Nelson Mandela becomes the first black president of South Africa in 1994.

The South African Government has a new priority, that erase years of education separated according to the races. In 2003, 99% of the white population could read and write compared to 66% for the black population. The difference is most significant with university graduates, 16% of the white population had one against only 1,4% for the black population.

Although officially the blacks and whites are equal, disparities remain. In South Africa it is said that « the poor are blacks » even if blacks are 10 times more than whites. A white household earns on average 6 times more than a black one.

These developments within South African society are reflected also in sport. Take the exemple of rugby, one of the three national sports. The most representative example revolves around 1995 World Cup. As we can see on the videos, the Springboks’ team before 1995 was only composed of whites, while during the World Cup several players were blacks.

The most important event was the awarding of the Cup by Nelson Mandela to the white captain of the Springboks. They are wearing the same nation shirt. This picture is the symbol of the reconciliation, of the new South African society proud of its evolution.

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