Eavesdropping

“ ⁠Hi, my name is Evita and I'm a racist Evita Bezuidenhout. ”

Located at the northern outskirts of Pretoria, Bapetikowesti was one of the South African Bantustans,¹ where Blacks were relocated during the policies of apartheid. The Bapetikowesti ambassador to South Africa, Evita Bezuidenhout, a white Afrikaner, was first a loyal follower of the National Party—the party that established apartheid—and then a member of the African National Congress—the party that reunited white and black Africa—and then finally, a social activist against racial policies.² However, neither Evita, nor the Bapetikowesti Bantustan, are real. In fact, both are products of Pieter-Dirk Uys, a South African satirist and performer, who created the character of Evita Bezuidenhout in the late seventies, to criticize and expose the absurdity of the South African government's racial policies.³
        Despite being a fictional creation, Evita Bezuidenhout remains one of the most beloved White women in South Africa. Her cooking abilities and eavesdropping in political affairs were key to bringing unity in the country. Her role as ambassador of Bapetikowesti was crucial for the televised dissemination of the injustices caused by the policies of apartheid and the Bantustan system.

Image source:  Hi, my name is Evita and I'm a racist Evita Bezuidenhout. March 4th 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/04/south-africa-racist-evita-bezuidenhout