Part of the post-Apartheid nation building project was constructing a new national heritage. Braaing is one such example, where the country’s violent past is eclipsed by reconstructed social practices which were once traditionally associated with the ruling White population.
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Post-Apartheid nation building project
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South African History Online. (2017, September 8). Post-Apartheid nation building project. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0124133
South African History Online (2017) 'Post-Apartheid nation building project', South African History Online, 8 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0124133 (Accessed: 23 October 2026).
South African History Online, Post-Apartheid nation building project [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0124133, (accessed 23 October 2026).
"Post-Apartheid nation building project." South African History Online, 8 Sept. 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0124133. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Post-Apartheid nation building project." South African History Online. September 8, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0124133.
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