Stephen, even though it's hard not to be despondent these days, I do agree with you.
Yesterday I watched France vs. SA at Kings Park. What I saw amazed me. Outside the stadium, there were so many mixed couples, black people, white people, indian folk - supporting South Africa. Mixed groups everywhere, wearing Springbok jerseys, expensive items that people had to consciously buy. It wasn't a white man's thing anymore. It was a South African thing. When you see a white man playing with an adopted little black child outside the stadium, when you see people sitting together and having fun, you realise that although politicians might try and put us into little boxes and fester hatred, many ordinary South Africans have moved far beyond that. For every hateful "Kill whites" or "Kill blacks" statement on Facebook, there are hundreds of S'Africans who just want to get on with life. Far from the rainbow nation, yes, but there's no going back. Hopefully. We are way different to Zimbabwe.