One-horse South African town still scarred by 'racist' murder The fate of a small farming town in the north west of South Africa was changed irrevocably for R80 - or around five euros. It became the hotbed for racial tension in South Africa during 2017 when a black teenager was killed by two white men. Two years later the community is working on reconciliation, but it remains difficult in the ever-present light of glaring inequalities.