You are a white German tourist visiting South Africa. Over lunch in a small restaurant, you watch the news: A Zimbabwean man was clubbed to death in broad daylight in the streets of Johannesburg by an angry South African mob. A black teenager sitting next to you tells you that scenes like this happen in Germany too these days. Contrast the situation of immigrants in Germany and South Africa.
“This is the exact spot where we bludgeoned a Zimbabwean before setting him alight three weeks ago! You should have seen him scream in agony!”
(to bludgeon: niederknüppeln)
Prompts
xenophobia
afrophobia
violence
crime rate
unemployment
apartheid
heritage
victim
racism
Partner B: Dialogue (4 minutes)
You are a black teenager in South Africa. Over lunch in a small restaurant, a white German tourist sits at the table next to you. You watch the news: A Zimbabwean man was clubbed to death in broad daylight in the streets of Johannesburg by an angry South African mob. You tell the German tourist that you have seen scenes like this happening in Germany too these days. Point out the similarities between the situation of immigrants in Germany and South Africa.
Prompts
immigrants
asylum seekers
economic refugees
education
xenophobia
unemployment
culture clash
right-wing radicals
racism
apartheid
Partner A: Monologue (2 minutes)
Describe and comment on this cartogram of South Africa’s population density.
Prompts
distribution
urban
rural
disproportional
sparsely /densely populated
concentration
inland
coastal
Partner A: Dialogue (4 minutes)
You are a South-African white middle-class citizen who works as a tour guide and lives in a gated community. One of the tourists in your group politely remarks that gated communities divide the population again – this time not into black and white, but into rich and poor. You argue that these communities will allow a middle class to evolve and stabilize the country. Discuss the dangers and merits of gated communities, emphasizing the advantages.
You are a German tourist visiting South Africa. Your tour guide tells you that he / she lives in a gated community. You politely remark that gated communities divide the population again – this time not into black and white, but into rich and poor. Your tour guide argues that these communities will allow a middle class to evolve and stabilize the country. Discuss the dangers and merits of gated communities, emphasizing the disadvantages.