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Living and working conditions for black South Africans are examined through shots of a black shanty town and black factory workers. These are then contrasted with the modern, spacious cityscapes of Johannesburg.

A South African newspaper editor is interviewed on the question of possible integration and white attitudes towards that prospect. The Prime Minister explains the rationale and nature of the policy of apartheid. There follows a summary of the ways in which this policy affects everyday life, with segregation in areas, such as bus stops and cinemas. The report concludes with a perceptive look at the way in which apartheid was underpinned by bureaucracy. The passbook and similar devices created a sea of regulations which kept Africans in their place.

First broadcast in Panorama on 24 June 1957.