Since the dawn of democracy, we have been on course to redress apartheid's colonial legacy of division, oppression and suppression of cultural development by introducing progressive laws and programmes aimed at uniting our people behind a common goal of national unity. However, we must acknowledge that in the recent past our country has experienced some disturbing trends. We seem to have regressed. We have witnessed a re- emergence of strong racial undertones and incidents from both black and white, which signal that we have not succeeded in fostering unity among our people.