Church Youth Activism and Political and Economic Constraints within “Post-Racial” South Africa
Church Youth Activism and Political and Economic Constraints within “Post-Racial” South Africa
With the release of Nelson Mandela and other struggle heroes from prison in the early 1990s, followed by the democratic elections of 1994, hopes increased about prospects for moving beyond the racial injustices and hostilities of the past. Almost twenty years later, South Africa still remains, in most respects, a racially polarised nation, a nation lacking in social cohesion, and a nation demarcated into two segments, one white and rich and the other black and poor. The chapter reflects on the activism of young people within this “new” South African context, with reference to the role of the church, and against the backdrop of South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution.
Keywords: South Africa, youth, constitution, race, class
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