How has the end of apartheid affected the experiences of South African children and adolescents? This pioneering book provides a compelling account of the realities of everyday life for the first generation of children and adolescents growing up in a democratic South Africa.

Growing up in the new South Africa follows the lives of a diverse group of children living in Fish Hoek, Ocean View and Masiphumelele. Despite 15 years of democracy, apartheid still echoes in the continuing relationship between race, neighbourhood and class. Issues, of schooling, violence, sexuality, family life, culture, poverty, race, class, integration and various other social issues are discussed in the book as they relate to young people growing up in a post-apartheid society.

Growing up in the new South Africa is based on rich ethnographic research in the Fish Hoek Valley area of Cape Town. This book should be read by everyone interested in the well-being of young South Africans and the social realities of post-apartheid South Africa.
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