The story begins when Toby (Ivan Jackson), a young English businessman, arrives in South Africa to take charge of a publishing firm. He knows little about apartheid and so at first sees no contradiction in developing a relationship with an elite, upper-class white woman and with a woman dedicated to fighting apartheid. But as Toby makes friends with one of the black South Africans (Zaku Mokae), and as he registers both the subtle and more obvious, deep-seated racial prejudices of the minority white population, some of the truth of the oppression here begins to dawn. That is brought to a head when tragedy strikes.
Zakes Mokae
as Steven Sitole
Evelyn Frank
as Anna Louw
Marijke Mann
as Cecil
Ivan Jackson
as Toby
Cocky Tlhotlhalemaje
as Amon Mofokeng
Shirley Jeffery
as Mrs. Javis, landlady
Gideon Nxomalo
as Sam Mofokenzazi
