The Apartheid in South Africa may have ended long ago but the long-term effects of decades of black and white racial segregation remain. Across huge portions of the country, in many major metropolises such as Cape Town, Pretoria, and Johannesburg, people still reside in different communities according to race. For South Africa’s white population this often means gated suburban areas that are close to industry and job centers. While for South Africa’s black population many live in Townships which are isolated communities on the outskirts of cities that often lack basic amenities. Following its independence from the British Empire in the 1930s, the ruling White Minority further implemented ideas of segregation into law and restricted the movement of South Africa’s black population. Once the Apartheid ended in the 1990s people were free to move around again and many of South Africa’s Black population moved to its major cities to search for employment. Government-based programs provided housing and shelter for these new arrivals but were only able to be implemented on city outskirts. Unfortunately, this created the same sort of divide that South Africa was trying to escape from. The results being that today huge numbers of black people within the country still live within poorly functioning Townships throughout South Africa. See the video to learn more about the Apartheid and its tragic legacy.