While in South Africa I boarded with a family in Yeoville, Johannesburg. Yeoville reminded me of a lower-budget Greenwich Village, New York. Johannesburg living reminded me of northern U.S. living. South Africa is a country reborn since the breakdown of apartheid. The country is still rich in natural beauty and culture.
Race relations are fine.
There are some problems but none any worse than those in the United States. Some political issues still need to be resolved, but the country is new to its present status, and those changes all take time. My area of research is media persuasion and how media shape perceptions of Blacks. With that in mind I examined the country's newspapers to see how they helped facilitate the dismantling of apartheid. I also had an opportunity to speak with some of the editors.