Gerhard Mare

Twenty-six years since the dawn of democracy and race is still a talking point in South African society.

The project faces a daunting challenge.

The privileging of light skin colour – both between and within groups – is now recognised as one of the most lamentable cultural universals that exist, said Prof.

While the existence of legacies are described and referred to in measuring progress in a post-1994 democratic order, core aspects of the past are adapted and maintained.

The Effects of Racegroup at STIAS: Back: Nina Jablonski, Aryan Kaganof and Zimitri Erasmus Front: Göran Therborn, Gerhard Maré, Barney Pityana, Crain Soudien, Njabulo Ndebele, Mikael Hjerm and Chabani Manganyi (Absent: Norman Duncan) Photo: Anton Jordaan Our new future must suffocate racism – racism must not continue to suffocate people, said Prof.