Durban, 1976. Mandela is on Robben Island. The country is racially segregated. Can newlyweds, Kim and Pippa, plan a long-term future in Apartheid South Africa?

They want ordinary things: a family, and to treat everyone fairly, no matter their race, colour or creed.
Pippa's priorities are her marriage and future family – but in a safe country, because she's been profoundly shocked by the murder of her brother.

She wants to join the 'Chicken Run' overseas, and Kim's naïve desire to stay and help build a better future for South Africa creates growing tension between them.

The Security Branch and their web of informers become interested when Kim is drawn into problems in a nearby squatter camp. There, he meets Ivy, who runs an illegal drinking den, and her young son, Phineas, the hope for a democratic, civilised future.

Can he help them, without being arrested, and still save his marriage?