Black-skinned people needed not apply. Among the black majority there is a new sense of pride that gives meaning to ubuntu, the traditional spirit of humanism expressed in a distinctly African notion that people are people through other people. This is not without the usual frailties, but the evidence of its resilience is everywhere in South Africa, and those seeking optimism about the human spirit need look no further.
Few whites go into the townships.
By any standard of justice, it follows that they ought not to have merely the expectation of a better life, but a right to one. The truth is that this is still denied. South Africa is still not theirs. Fly into any city and the divisions are precise and entrenched. Johannesburg offers the most vivid example.