OneofSouthAfrica'smostcontroversialpaintingshasgoneondisplayinCapeTownmorethan40yearsafteritwasbannedbytheapartheidgovernment.TheBlackChristdepictsformerAfricanNationalCongressleaderChiefAlbertLuthulibeingcrucifiedbyformerPrimeMinisterHendrikVerwoerd.TheoilpaintingwasthecreationofCapeTownartistRonnieHarrisonbackin1961.
南非一幅極具爭議性的油畫最近在開普敦展出。這幅《黑基督》四十多年前被實施種族隔離政策的政府禁制，描繪非洲人國民大會前領袖盧特利被前總理維沃德釘十字架。這幅油畫是開普敦畫家夏里遜1961年所作。