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White Slums

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?

English dansk
  • Originally Aired February 20, 2014
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Production Code b03w4bsv
  • Network BBC Three
  • Created November 10, 2015 by
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  • Modified June 25, 2024 by
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Name Type Role
Sam Wilkinson Director