pensation from the reparation committee. Notwithstanding
the noble ef-
forts of many South Africans, including Nelson Mandela and Desmond
Tutu, race continued to be the basic line of division in South African soci-
ety, with class becoming increasingly significant among blacks.t" The
political parties were overwhelmingly racial or ethnic in membership:
Africans in the ANC, Zulus in the IFP, Whites and Coloureds in the Demo-
cratic party and the National party; and most South Africans still social-
ized exclusively with members of their own "race," as they had under
colonialism and apartheid. This was largely because of economics-the
persisting gulf between the prosperity of most Whites and the abject
poverty of most Blacks.
The Economy
Besides reconciliation, the Mandela government had two major goals:
to create growth and to improve the quality of life for the majority of the
citizens-the
victims of apartheid. Both goals were desirable; moreover, if
successful they would support each other. Economic growth would gener-
ate the means to pay for programs to improve the lives of the poor, and a
population provided with better living conditions would create unprece-
dented wealth. Nevertheless, if both goals were pursued simultaneously