Nelson Mandela and South Africa - an extraordinary journey

Jonathan Pain | The Pain Report | 20 June 2013

My first memory of racism was as a young boy in a shop in South Africa.

A very elderly African man, who was extremely frail and appeared to be lost and confused, shuffled through the shop door and paused by the counter to steady himself. The boy behind the cash register shouted at him in Afrikaans, calling him a 'kaffir', amongst other niceties and told him to get out. I remember being shocked at the ferocity of the verbal abuse and I told the tee...