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	Tuesday 10th October 2006 Mike Thomson in South Africa 60 years on from the birth of apartheid in South Africa and 14 years since the regime crumbled, sweeping the ANC to power, reporter Mike Thomson visits the country to report on its future.                             FIRST REPORT: ZIMBABWEAN EXILES An estimated three million refugees from Zimbabwe  are living in South Africa, pouring over the border at the rate of several thousand a day. There is widespread resentment about their arrival amongst many South Africans who blame them for rising crime and taking their jobs. On arriving at the border many of them are attacked by Zimbabwean gangsters. Robbery, rape and murder is common. Listen to the report.  See pictures from Mike's trip. SECOND REPORT: WHO OWNS THE LAND? Mike looks at controversial plans for land reform in South Africa aimed at taking land from whites and putting it into the hands of the black majority. Some fear it could eventually lead to a Zimbabwe-style land grab, and the flight of most remaining whites.  Listen to the report INTERVIEW: TANDIE KLAASEN South African jazz singer Tandie Klaasen talks to Mike Thomson about the upheavals of apartheid. Introduced 60 years ago, the apartheid laws institutionalised racism in every aspect of life, forcing the singer from her multi-cultural hometown.  Listen to the extended interview INTERVIEW: HENRY JEFFREYS Mike Thomson speaks to Henry Jeffreys, Editor of Die Burger in Cape Town, six decades on from the birth of the apartheid system in South Africa.  Listen to the extended interview INTERVIEW: JAN-JAN JOUBERT   In the last of his series Mike speaks to, Jan-Jan Joubert, a white Afrikaans journalist who works as a political Correspondent for Die Burger. Listen to the interview The BBC is not responsible for external websites

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