后种族隔离时代的南非仍摆脱不了历史上种族隔离制度所造成的结构性影响,尽管不同的种族和族群之间依然存在着地域、语言、宗教信仰、社会风俗等方面的边界与差异,但大多数南非人仍希望建构一个不同种族与族群融合共生的统一国家。新南非的变革之路漫漫且充满不确定性,种族与族群关系仍是当前南非社会重要而敏感的问题。
Although there are different boundaries and differences among the locations,languages,religions,and social customs and so on,the South Africa in post-apartheid is still difficult to get out of the structural influences caused by the apartheid system. Most South Africans still hope to build a unified country where different races and ethnic groups coexist. The road of transformations in the New South Africa is so long and the issues of race and ethnic groups are still the important and sensitive problems in the society of South Africa.