ABSTRACT
This article, based on findings from 18 focus groups staged across South Africa in mid-2011, provides an overview of the key themes that emerged from the discussion—many of which receive more detailed treatment in later papers in this edition, others of which deserve close attention and further analysis even if not covered here. (The full set of transcripts is freely available at https://www.gcro.ac.za/project/non-racialism-ahmed-kathrada-foundation). It appears that non-racialism, which lacks a specific meaning, also lacks any status as a political project—it has been de-linked from the political arena, where taking control of ‘the commanding heights of the economy’ is a priority facing government. Non-racialism has been left as a social project for citizens to work out for themselves.
