Rand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands

The English-language opposition paper, The Rand Daily Mail, covered a feature article dealing with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu Homelands. In addition to the circumstances in the homelands, the article reflected the thought process of the South African government, the media and White perceptions of Black bodies during the time. “As the Black spot removals bring more people to an already depressed part of the Tswana Bantustan, malnutrition, disease and plain starvation increase.” The Rand Daily Mail became South Africa’s most influential anti-Apartheid newspaper, known for its courageous and liberal journalism. The article managed to get the attention of international audiences in the United Kingdom, explaining to them what Apartheid was doing to the African people and the cruelty Black bodies were experiencing.