Whites were given the best jobs and education – creating a wealthy white elite. During apartheid, racial separation was legally enforced and many white people saw themselves as a superior race. The majority of white South Africans are descended from Dutch settlers and speak Afrikaans. This is a broader subject he has explored in his 1991 novel, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs. Galgut was featured as “National Serviceman of the Month” in a 1983 edition of the apartheid military’s propaganda magazine, Paratus. Like all white men at the time, Galgut was legally obliged to serve for two years in the South African army enforcing apartheid rule. As an academic who has focused on South African society and history, I first came across a photo of Galgut when I was researching the End Conscription Campaign – a white anti-apartheid movement formed in 1983 that aimed to abolish compulsory military service.
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