In the South African and Namibian context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruine Afrikaners) refers to a rather heterogenous group of people of mixed Khoisan and white European descent. Many also have some degree of Malay, Malagasy, Black (Bantu) and South Indian ancestry, especially in the Western Cape. Some racially pure Khoisans with a European-rooted culture and identity are might also identify as and be considered as Coloureds. During the apartheid era, in orde ...

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• Coloured - The Coloureds
• Coloured - Apartheid and beyond
• Coloured - Southern Africa
• Coloured - Other usage

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The Oxford Dictionary of South African English reveals that the word "Coloured" has been used since the 1840s to refer specifically to South Africans of mixed race, while the term Cape Coloureds came into use around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. During the 19th century the people of Griqualand, who would now be known as Coloured, were known by the Afrikaans term Baastards. An offshoot of the Cape Coloureds now make up a separate ethnic group in south-central Namibia, known as the Rehoboth Basters, migrated to their current location in pre-German times. They have s ...

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Coloured, Coloured - The Coloureds, Coloured - Apartheid and beyond, Coloured - Southern Africa, Coloured - Other usage

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Negro means "black" in Spanish, Portuguese and ancient Italian languages, being derived from the Latin word niger of the same meaning. Europeans began to enslave Africans in Portugal about 1442. Negro was the descriptive assigned by Prince Henry the Navigator, the fifth son of King John I of Portugal. The term "negro", literally "black," was used by the Spanish and Portuguese to refer to black Africans and people with that heritage. The term was used broadly, includ ...

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Colored and Colored People (or Colored Folk in the plural sense) are North American terms that were commonly used to describe people of African Ancestry. However, within the current and former members of British Commonwealth the term Coloured has also been applied to members and descendents of other races as well, including some Asians, Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, and Arabs. The term "colored" in particular (along with "Negro") largely has fallen out of popular usage in the United States ...

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• Colored - People of Color
• Colored - Coloured

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The Cape Malay community is an ethnic group or community in South Africa, taking its name from what is now known as the Western Cape of South Africa and the Malay people who started this community in South Africa. The community's earliest members were slaves brought by the Dutch East India Company, followed shortly thereafter by political dissidents and Muslim religious leaders who opposed the Dutch presence in what is now Indonesia. Starting in 1654, these resistors were imprisoned or exiled in South Africa by the Dutch East India Co ...

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• Cape Malays - Terminology
• Cape Malays - Culture
• Cape Malays - Population and location

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"Person of color" or "people of color" are synonyms for people who are not white and (especially in the United States and Canada) for members of a non-white minority group. Some find this term equally offensive as the term "colored", primarily because it fixes whites as the benchmark for racial division, fostering an allegedly "us-versus-them" view of race relations. Proponents of the term maintain that it must be realistically acknowledged that race domination is primarily caucasian, and that the term "person of color" is a better generic t ...

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Colored, Colored - People of Color, Colored - Coloured

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Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: eKapa or SaseKapa) is the third most populous city in South Africa. As the oldest city in South Africa, it is known affectionately as the Mother City. It is the legislative capital of South Africa, as well as capital of the Western Cape province. Cape Town is famous for its natural harbour, as well as its location near the Cape of Good Hope. Its central area is dominated by Table Mountain, so named after its flat top ...

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• Cape Town - History
• Cape Town - Government
• Cape Town - Demographics
• Cape Town - Tourism
• Cape Town - Sports teams and stadiums
• Cape Town - Transport
• Cape Town - Further education in Cape Town

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Asians in South Africa constitute two per cent of South Africa's population, and most are of Indian origin, although there is also a small Chinese community. The "Cape Malays", who are descended -- at least in part -- from Asians were classified as "Coloured" (mixed race) under apartheid. Asians in South Africa - Indians. Most Asians in South Africa are descended from indentured Indian labourers who were brought by the British from India in the 19th century, mostly to work in what is now the province of Kwa ...

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• Asians in South Africa - Indians
• Asians in South Africa - Chinese

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"Black" in this context is an ethno-racial classification label applied to certain human populations. The term was spawned by the European colonization and conquest of non-Europeans. It solidified into popular culture during the enlightenment as one of the four major categories into which European philosophers tried to organize the newly discovered human diversity. The categories were based upon skin tone as perceived by Europeans of the time: Red (Native Americans), Yellow (east Asians), White (Europeans), and Black (Africans). Today ...

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• Black people - The Concept of Blackness Created Through Colonialism
• Black people - Usage differs among former European colonies
• Black people - Former Iberian colonies do not use the label to denote groups
• Black people - Former British colonies apply the label to anyone darker than Europeans
• Black people - U.S. society equates the label with African-American ethnicity
• Black people - Who is Black?
• Black people - Who is a descendant of the African Diaspora?
• Black people - Who self-identifies as Black in an ethno-political but not ancestral sense?
• Black people - Who looks Black?²
• Black people - Footnotes
• Black people - Groups

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The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape, was part of the huge (and now defunct) Cape Province. Prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 it was called the Cape Colony (see the History of Cape Colony). Western Cape Province - Law and Government. The capital of the Western Cape Province is the City of Cape Town. Its current Premier is Ebrahim Rasool and the Director-General is Gilber ...

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• Western Cape Province - Law and Government
• Western Cape Province - Geography
• Western Cape Province - Municipalities
• Western Cape Province - Economy
• Western Cape Province - Demographics
• Western Cape Province - Important cities and towns
• Western Cape Province - Education
• Western Cape Province - Colleges and Universities
• Western Cape Province - External link

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History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Background. For a discussion of the period of history leading up to apartheid, see History of South Africa. The first recorded use of the word "apartheid" (International Phonetic Alphabet [əˈpɑː(r)teɪt] or [-taɪt] in English and [aˈpartheid] in Afrikaans) was in 1917 during ...

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• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Creation of apartheid
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Background
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Legal system created
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The apartheid system
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Apartheid in South Africa from day to day
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The homeland system
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Forced Removals
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Black White Indian and coloured
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Apartheid in international law
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Resistance
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The ANC and the Pan African Congress
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The Sharpeville Massacre
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Resistance goes underground
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The Black Consciousness Movement and the Soweto riots
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - White resistance
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - International relations
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - UN arms embargo
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Total onslaught
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Destabilisation and sabotage
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Conservatism
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - State security
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - HIV/AIDS epidemic
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Winds of change
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Notes

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The 2002 Soweto Bombings were a string of terrorist attacks which occurred in Soweto in South Africa, in late 2002. Nine blasts took place on 30 October 2002, leaving one woman dead and her husband severely injured. One of the blasts severely damaged a mosque, and there were other explosions on railways and petrol stations in the area. A tenth bomb later detonated outside a Buddhist temple east of Pretoria, however, at the time, it was not known whether this bomb was related to the attacks (the police later stated that it was). A whit ...

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• 2002 Soweto bombings - Background
• 2002 Soweto bombings - The bombs
• 2002 Soweto bombings - Investigation and trial
• 2002 Soweto bombings - Motivation
• 2002 Soweto bombings - Aftermath

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Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia with smaller numbers of speakers in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Due to the emigration of many White South Africans, there are an additional estimated 300,000 Afrikaans-speakers in the UK, with other substantial communities found in Perth, Western Australia and Toronto, Canada. It is the primary language used by two related ethnic groups: the Afrikaners (including Boers) and the Coloureds or kleurlinge/bruinmense (includ ...

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• Afrikaans - History
• Afrikaans - Grammar
• Afrikaans - Orthography
• Afrikaans - Comparison with Dutch German and English
• Afrikaans - Sociolinguistics
• Afrikaans - Afrikaans phrases
• Afrikaans - Additional information
• Afrikaans - Reference

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The Bushmen (also known as Khwe Khoe, Basarwa, or San) peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part of the Khoisan group and are related to the Khoikhoi. While they have no collective name for themselves in any of their languages, all of which incorporate click consonants, they do identify themselves by group with such names as Ju/’hoansi and !Kung (the punctuation characters representing different clicks). They have lived in southern Africa (and probably othe ...

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• Bushmen - San
• Bushmen - Relocation and government persecution
• Bushmen - In the media

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As of the census of 2001, there are 146,029 people and 34,099 households residing in the municipality. The population density is 48.76/km². The density of households is 11.39/km². The racial makeup of the municipality is Black African 20.13%, Coloured 65.61%, Indian/Asian 0.33%, and White 13.93%. 12.3% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 4.28. In the municipality the population is spread out with 29.9% under the age of 15, 19.0% from 15 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, a ...

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Breede Valley Municipality Western Cape, Breede Valley Municipality Western Cape - Government, Breede Valley Municipality Western Cape - Geography, Breede Valley Municipality Western Cape - Adjacent municipalites, Breede Valley Municipality Western Cape - Demographics, Breede Valley Municipality Western Cape - Cities and towns

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As of the census of 2001, there are 81,271 people and 20,927 households residing in the municipality. The population density is 24.38/km². The density of households is 6.28/km². The racial makeup of the municipality is Black African 14.56%, Coloured 71.03%, Indian/Asian 0.00%, and White 14.34%. 13.1% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 3.88. In the municipality the population is spread out with 31.2% under the age of 15, 16.8% from 15 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 15.1% from 45 to 64, and ...

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Breede River/Winelands Municipality Western Cape, Breede River/Winelands Municipality Western Cape - Government, Breede River/Winelands Municipality Western Cape - Geography, Breede River/Winelands Municipality Western Cape - Adjacent municipalities, Breede River/Winelands Municipality Western Cape - Demographics, Breede River/Winelands Municipality Western Cape - Cities and towns

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Mossel Bay Municipality Western Cape - Adjacent municipalities. George Municipality (east) Langeberg Municipality (west) Oudtshoorn Municipality (northwest) ...

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Mossel Bay Municipality Western Cape, Mossel Bay Municipality Western Cape - Geography, Mossel Bay Municipality Western Cape - Adjacent municipalities, Mossel Bay Municipality Western Cape - Demographics, Mossel Bay Municipality Western Cape - Cities and towns

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As of the census of 2001, there are 194,419 people and 44,409 households residing in the municipality. The population density is 126.41/km². The density of households is 28.87/km². The racial makeup of the municipality is Black African 21.35%, Coloured 63.76%, Indian/Asian 0.30%, and White 14.58%. 11.4% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 4.38. In the municipality the population is spread out with 28.5% under the age of 15, 19.7% from 15 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, ...

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Drakenstein Municipality Western Cape, Drakenstein Municipality Western Cape - Government, Drakenstein Municipality Western Cape - Geography, Drakenstein Municipality Western Cape - Adjacent municipalities, Drakenstein Municipality Western Cape - Demographics, Drakenstein Municipality Western Cape - Cities and towns

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Gauteng Province is home to 8.8 million people (2001 South Afrcan National Census), almost 20% of the total South African population. Gauteng Province is also the fastest growing province, experiencing a population growth of over 20% between the 1996 and 2001 censuses, thus Gauteng is likely to soon have the highest population of any province in South Africa. As of the census of 2001, there are 8,837,172 people and 2,651,243 households residing in Gauteng. The population density is 519.53/km². The density of households is 155.86/km². The racial makeup of Gauteng is Black African 73.81%, ...

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Gauteng Province, Gauteng Province - Geography, Gauteng Province - Municipalities, Gauteng Province - Demographics, Gauteng Province - Economy, Gauteng Province - Future Growth, Gauteng Province - Education, Gauteng Province - Conservation, Gauteng Province - Sport & Recreation

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As of the census of 2001, there are 3,090,117 people and 786,745 households residing in Durban. The racial makeup of the city is Black African 68.30%, Coloured 2.82%, Indian/Asian 19.90%, and White 8.98%. 21.3% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 3.93. In the city the population is spread out with 27.7% under the age of 15, 21.2% from 15 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 14.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 25 years. For every 100 females there are 92.5 males. For every 100 females ...

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Durban, Durban - History, Durban - Places of interest, Durban - Famous references, Durban - Transportation, Durban - Land, Durban - Air, Durban - Sea, Durban - Demographics, Durban - 2010 Football World Cup, Durban - High-Rise Statistics, Durban - External link

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