Special Report Transcript Episode 79, Section 5, Time 44:25

And this is exactly what many black people did. The passport out of the hardship of being black was trying to be coloured. Many took on a coloured identity or an Afrikaans sounding surname, usually both. // Yes, they called it turning your jacket inside out. You put the inside outside and the outside inside. // In this way ‘Mtimkulu’ became ‘Grootboom,’ ‘Ndlovu’ became ‘Olifant,’ ‘Boesakwe’ became ‘Boesak.’ For others it was as simple as changing a letter or two. ‘Makapela’ became ‘Kapel,’ ‘Zali’ became ‘Salie,’ ‘Manele’ became ‘Manel.’ But it was a risky road to take, a road full of potholes.

Notes: Amelia Bokbaard

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