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A former police officer who helped suppress dissent during South Africa's apartheid era told the BBC youngsters like him were "basically brainwashed". Nigerian afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr has said she is "prepared" for any criticism over her decision to open for US musician Chris Brown on his upcoming US tour.
Lourens Groenewald spoke to the BBC's Africa Daily podcast ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fall apartheid, which takes place this Saturday. Chris Brown's violent assault on his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 became one of the biggest news stories of that year.
Racial segregation was formalised by the National Party when it took over in 1948, introducing a variety of laws that made the black population second-class citizens. Brown received five years' probation and a community service order for the assault.
But over the years, there was fierce resistance to the regime. Thousands of dissenters died, while leading political activists like Nelson Mandela and Robert Sobukwe were incarcerated. When asked if she is aware that she may be criticised for touring with Brown because of said assault, Starr told the BBC's Focus on Africa podcast: "I'm prepared, I'm ready... I won't respond, I'll let people do their thing and I'm just going to work."
Explaining why he joined the notorious police force, Mr Groenewald said: "We were young people, teenagers. We were basically brainwashed concerning racism, being a patriot for your nation and your people. That’s what we believed in," "Rihanna is my queen but I try to, like, separate my work".
Sandile Swana, an activist operating in the township of Soweto, spoke about the views he himself held during those years: "My feeling towards white South Africans were that they were the principal obstacle that had to be removed on my path to self-realisation." Starr, who has rapidly become one of Africa's most popular musicians, said Rihanna is her "number one" and she would like to collaborate with the Barbados-born icon "by God's grace".
Apartheid officially came to an end when millions of people voted in the country’s very first democratic election on the 27 April 1994. While Mr Swana was initially excited about freedom, he is now disillusioned. "My children face terrible odds. There’s absolutely nothing [jobs-wise] for graduates." Starr recently finished recording her second album, The Year I Turned 21.
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