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Großer Tag für Fritz Fuchs: Er nimmt mit Nandi an der Wildtierzählung teil. Doch irgendjemand schiebt ihm Elfenbein unter. So wandert Fritz plötzlich als gesuchter Wilderer ins Gefängnis. Polizist Manaka hält ihn für schuldig. Er glaubt weder Fritz' noch Kiras Beteuerungen. Und da sein Pass verschwunden ist, muss jemand Offizielles bezeugen, dass er wirklich Fritz Fuchs ist. Yasemin reist extra an.

A secret torment for some, a proud responsibility for others, "black tax" is a daily reality for thousands of Black South Africans. In this thought-provoking and moving anthology, a provocative range of voices share their deeply personal stories.

Charles van Onselen clinically reconstructs the world of the night trains, which were run as a partnership between the mining houses and the railways. By tracing the up and down rail journeys undertaken by black migrants over half a century it is possible to discern how racial thinking, expressed logistically, reflected South Africa’s evolving systems of segregation and apartheid. Mirroring the brutal logic of industrial capitalism, this was a system of transport designed to maximise profit at the expense of the health, well-being and even the lives of those it conveyed.