The White Slums
In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park. Are young white South Africans now the ones being discriminated against?
Twenty years since the first free elections and in the shadow of Nelson Mandela's death, Reggie Yates gets up close and personal with three very different communities in contemporary South Africa. By living amongst them for a week, what will he discover about the extremes of this misunderstood country in the 21st Century?
In the first episode, Reggie spends a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park, outside Johannesburg. South Africa has a white population of approximately 4.6 million and during apartheid the racist political system elevated them into a privileged position. Today, however, white youth charities claim that up to 400,000 of them now live below the poverty line, with many shacked up in small, makeshift camps, although these figures remain hotly disputed.
But behind the headlines lies an uncomfortable question: are young white South Africans now the ones being discriminated against by being on the wrong side of affirmative action? And if so, will black and white ever be truly equal in South Africa?
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Living in Poverty
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Depeche Mode
A Pain That I'm Used To
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Florence + The Machine
Drumming
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Ghostpoet
12 Deaf (feat. Dave Okumu)
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The Number Song
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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Song for Jesse
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The xx
Crystalised
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Arcade Fire
Afterlife
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The xx
Islands
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Noah and the Whale
Give a Little Love
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The Naked and Famous
Hearts Like Ours
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Reggie Yates |
Director | Sam Wilkinson |
Series Producer | Tom Williams |
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- Thu 20 Feb 2014 21:00
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