White South Africans - Wikipedia
According to Statistics South Africa, white South Africans comprised 7.7% of the total population of South Africa in 2022. Their proportional share in municipalities may be higher than census figures indicate, given an undercount in the 2001 census.
Examining Identity, Race and Responsibility Among White South Africans
May 1, 2019 · Sydelle Willow Smith’s photos tease out the complexities of her white South African compatriots, who grapple with the question of national origin.
Why white South Africans are coming home - BBC News
May 3, 2014 · Hundreds of thousands of whites left South Africa following the ANC's landslide election victory in 1994. Twenty years on, the exodus shows signs of slowing, even reversing.
Distribution of white South Africans - Wikipedia
The distribution of white South Africans is fairly evenly spread. According to the 2022 South African census, they comprise 7.7% of the total population and number 4,639,268. They are found in large numbers in practically every province in South Africa but always as a minority.
Do white people have a future in South Africa? - BBC News
May 19, 2013 · Apartheid South Africa looked after white people and nobody else. Now some of its white communities face a level of deprivation, or of violence, which threatens their future in the country.
Ethnic groups in South Africa - Wikipedia
The percentage of all 'White' households that are made up of individuals is 19.1%. The average household size is 3.05 members. In South Africa, this population is spread out, with 19.0% under the age of 15, 15.1% from 15 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who are 65 years of age or older.
When Racial Progress Comes for White Liberals - The Atlantic
Jul 19, 2022 · Unlike in other postcolonial African countries, white South Africans—about 15 percent of the population—were suddenly governed by the people whom they and their forebears had oppressed.
New book unpacks the complexities of whiteness in South Africa
May 9, 2022 · Avoiding trite moralisations, Professor Southall uses empirical research to shed light on white South Africans’ adjustment to democracy.
Ordinary white South Africans and apartheid - The Conversation
Jun 28, 2024 · Ordinary Whites in Apartheid South Africa is a new book that explores how apartheid monitored and shaped white life, and how all classes of white people were complicit.
Umlungu: the colourful history of a word used to describe white people ...
Aug 7, 2023 · In South Africa “umlungu” is a word that’s commonly used to refer to white people. It comes from isiXhosa, the language of the country’s Xhosa people. It’s always been a mystery how the...