So-called coloureds in South Africa have been disillusioned by the state of the country, and their duty to effect positive change.

This is the assessment of anti-apartheid activist, Dr Allan Boesak.

He was speaking as many coloured people, who fought against the apartheid regime, feel that they do not recognise the country that they had sought to forge.

Boesak contends that once the African National Congress (ANC) drew focus during the country’s transition period, the rhetoric strongly changed to focus on the black Africans, and seemed to ignore the contributions of so-called coloureds and Indians.

He has decried this racialised thinking that had contributed to causing serious rifts in the anti-apartheid struggle.