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In a new South Africa, those from ethnic minority backgrounds continue to feel marginalised. While the remnants of the system were swept away a quarter-century ago, a sense of injustice has persisted to this very day. The 'Rainbow Nation' is a big lie! Twenty-five years after the fall of apartheid, members of the community continue to feel marginalised in their own country.

The Numbers Gang or the Numbers Gangs and associated with different numbers in different prisons [1] is a prison gang with one of the most fearsome reputations in South Africa. They are known to operate primarily in the Western Cape prison of Pollsmoor , however it is believed that they control most South African prisons. The Numbers Gang was started in the late s, supposedly to protect mineworkers. The origins of the gang remain sketchy at best. Amongst gang members, the likely apocryphal story of Nongoloza and Ngeleketshane is claimed as the gangs origin. The Numbers Gang story holds that a man named Po became alarmed by the exploitation of miners in late 's South Africa. Allegedly Po befriends a young Zulu called Nongoloza who said he was on his way to the mines to look for work and Ngeleketshane, a member of the Pondo tribe.

A descendant of the Khoisan people surprised residents of Port Elizabeth when he walked across town almost naked in recognition of his culture. He said he was highlighting the importance of the Khoisan language and was on a lone mission to push for its recognition. Chief Khoisan Africa, a year-old resident of Bloemendal, draped himself in animal skin. He clasped in one hand a traditional walking stick while the other was carrying a bag stashed with bows and arrows. The Khoisan people have a language called the Khoe-khoe.

The boundaries of desire and intimacy in post-apartheid South African queer film: Oliver Hermanus's Skoonheid. South African cinema is still dominated, both in terms of number and commercial success, by films featuring white Afrikaans-speaking characters. These films are mostly politically voiceless, ignoring the contentious racial and economic dynamics in the country, and they fail to represent queer realities. Skoonheid [Beauty] , the powerful South African film directed by Oliver Hermanus, challenges this trend and offers a portrayal of sexualities and racial hostilities which are often silenced or ignored in mainstream cinema. The film depicts a white Afrikaans-speaking man named Francois, who becomes obsessed with his friend's son, Christian.