Race and Reconciliation

Race and Reconciliation

Fourteen years after liberation and sixty years since the beginning of what was then 'apartheid', this documentary series explores and uncovers the extent to which race still plays a part in everyday life for those living in South Africa.

Audrey Brown meets South Africans from all walks of life to find out whether recent racial incidents have revealed cracks in what has been dubbed the miracle of 'the rainbow nation'.

In the face confrontation and controversy, she asks difficult questions about how different South African communities view one another.

Part Three - New waves

Since 1994, South Africa has been seen as a place of hope and opportunity.

And the latest wave of people are from Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe and everywhere in between.

But how has this new wave of immigrants altered the 'rainbow' and how are attitudes and the recent attacks by South Africans on foreigners, painting a disturbing picture of a new type of conflict, based on race, colour and nationality?

Audrey Brown travels to Atteridgeville, a township outside the capital, Pretoria, to explore what really lies behind the recent troubles.

More from this series

  • Part One
    Audrey Brown investigates how the ripples of racial tension are being felt around South Africa.
  • Part Two
    Audrey Brown investigates if race is being used as a political tool in South Africa.
  • Part Three
    Audrey Brown investigates what really lay behind the recent troubles.