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White South African
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
White South Africans
F. W. de Klerk
Jan Smuts
Helen Zille
Charlize Theron
J. M. Coetzee
Mark Shuttleworth
Christiaan Barnard
Candice Swanepoel
Gary Player
Total population
2014 Estimate:[1] 4,554,800 (8.4% of South Africa 's population)
2011 Census: 4,586,838 (8.9% of South Africa 's population)
Regions with significant populations
Throughout South Africa, but concentrated in urban areas
Gauteng
1,920,000
Western Cape
980,000
KwaZulu-Natal
450,000
Eastern Cape
300,000
Free State
270,000
Mpumalanga
250,000
North West
240,000
Limpopo
110,000
Northern Cape
110,000
Languages
Afrikaans 61%, English 36%, other (e.g. Portuguese) 3%
Religion
Christianity (87%), no religion (9%), Judaism (1%), other (3%)
Related ethnic groups
Afrikaners, Coloureds, Dutch, Germans, French, Britishand Irish
White South African is a term which refers to people from South Africa who are of European descent and who do not regard themselves, or are not regarded as, being part of another racial group, for example, as Coloured.[2] In linguistic, cultural and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of mainly Dutch,German and French settlers, known as Afrikaners, and the Anglophone descendants of mainly British and Irish colonists. South Africa 's white population is divided into 61% Afrikaans-speakers, 36% English-speakers, and 3% who speak another language,[3] such as Portuguese. White South Africans are by far the largest European-descended population group in Africa.
White South Africans differ significantly from other white African groups, due to not only their much larger population, but because they have developed nationhood, as in the case of the Afrikaners, who established a distinct language, culture and faith in Africa.[4]
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1 History
White South African
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
White South Africans
F. W. de Klerk
Jan Smuts
Helen Zille
Charlize Theron
J. M. Coetzee
Mark Shuttleworth
Christiaan Barnard
Candice Swanepoel
Gary Player
Total population
2014 Estimate:[1] 4,554,800 (8.4% of South Africa 's population)
2011 Census: 4,586,838 (8.9% of South Africa 's population)
Regions with significant populations
Throughout South Africa, but concentrated in urban areas
Gauteng
1,920,000
Western Cape
980,000
KwaZulu-Natal
450,000
Eastern Cape
300,000
Free State
270,000
Mpumalanga
250,000
North West
240,000
Limpopo
110,000
Northern Cape
110,000
Languages
Afrikaans 61%, English 36%, other (e.g. Portuguese) 3%
Religion
Christianity (87%), no religion (9%), Judaism (1%), other (3%)
Related ethnic groups
Afrikaners, Coloureds, Dutch, Germans, French, Britishand Irish
White South African is a term which refers to people from South Africa who are of European descent and who do not regard themselves, or are not regarded as, being part of another racial group, for example, as Coloured.[2] In linguistic, cultural and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of mainly Dutch,German and French settlers, known as Afrikaners, and the Anglophone descendants of mainly British and Irish colonists. South Africa 's white population is divided into 61% Afrikaans-speakers, 36% English-speakers, and 3% who speak another language,[3] such as Portuguese. White South Africans are by far the largest European-descended population group in Africa.
White South Africans differ significantly from other white African groups, due to not only their much larger population, but because they have developed nationhood, as in the case of the Afrikaners, who established a distinct language, culture and faith in Africa.[4]
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1 History
References: 3. ^ Jump up to:a b Census 2011: Census in brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. p. 27. ISBN 9780621413885. 9. Jump up^ O 'Reilly, Finbarr (26 March 2010). "Tough times for white South African squatters". Reuters. Retrieved 25 February 2013. "At least 450,000 white South Africans, 10 percent of the total white population, live below the poverty line" 10 15. ^ Jump up to:a b "BBC News - Why white South Africans are coming home". Bbc.co.uk. 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-08-22. 22. Jump up^ Census 2011: Census in brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. p. 21. ISBN 9780621413885. 30. Jump up^ "South Africa". SARPN. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2013-08-25. 31. Jump up^ "South Africa". SARPN. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2013-08-25. 45. Jump up^ Cobain, Ian (19 May 2011). "The rise of Glencore, the biggest company you 've never heard of". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2011.