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S’bo Maputi
S’bo Maputi (26) is originally from the Eastern Cape. He speaks Xhosa and says his zest for languages brought him to the Western Cape. He graduated in Arts at the University of theWestern Cape and went on to complete his honours in geography. At present he studies journalism at the University of Stellenbosch. Ideals? “One day, I would love to launch a daily newspaper in isiXhosa.”

Apartheid made us foes, can we be friends?

S’bo Maputi

As long as white people do not mind what is going on in the larger society, these attitudes will never go away. And if their kids grow up in privileged positions, they are likely to regard themselves as better people than Africans.

Apartheid managed to shape South African society along racial and economic lines. It wrongly instilled amongst white people (particularly those who consider themselves Afrikaners) hatred and mistrust towards Africans. This attitude was gradually introduced and carried through to younger generations. It created classification of our society along racial lines in our beloved country.

Because of the political tensions that ensued after the introduction of this policy, Africans and whites will never trust each other again. Whites hold false beliefs about Africans, they regard them as violent and lazy and stupid people. These beliefs made them treat Africans gruesomely when they had the political power in hand. The worst part of this is that they (of course not all) transfer this attitude to their kids.

Apartheid may be long gone in principle and policy but in practice it still exists, especially on the farms and some places to the north of the country. It achieved its objectives educationally and economically; good institutions and opportunities are still centralised in the hands of white people.

Apartheid made Africans poor, by concentrating them into small pieces of land and literally denying them access to everything. It made our parents and grandparents slaves in their land of birth. Unlike their white counterparts, they pass their poverty down to their children. Many Africans, especially rural people, lost all confidence in themselves in that they regard white people as being better. Hence they still address every white person of whatever age as “baas” - a word designated for an employer or person who is in power. Rural kids are taught that in as much as “baas” is a political term it also connotes respect.

Everyday I am confronted by the fact that apartheid became a geographic force that shaped our society, and that makes me sick. It created boundaries in our minds; shaped our way of thinking which will stay with us for a very long time. For example the “them vs us” attitude, their culture vs our culture, inferior and superior groups, “whites” and “Africans”. But the fact is we are all Africans.

For as long as white people do not mind what is going on in the larger society, these attitudes will never go away. And if their kids grow up in privileged positions, they are likely to regard themselves as better people than Africans. In fact, apartheid fixed these beliefs in our society and we will never get rid of them. As a consequence, a new class within the African community is lately developing.

I happen to be at my mothers’ work last year when the five-year-old white girl, referring to me, asked her father (my mother’s boss): “Who is this strange man?” Hardly three hours later there was a white guy visiting the family, strange as I was to the girl. She called her father, saying “Daddy, you’ve got a visitor.”

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