Is South Africa black or white?

South Africa is divided into four major races: black, colored, white and Asian, accounting for 79.6%, 9%, 8.9% and 2.5% of the total population respectively. South African whites account for 7.8% of the total population, and most of them are descendants of Boer and British. In the 1990s, there were more than 5 million white people in South Africa, but now there are only over 4 million. Many people fled to Europe or America. For example, elon musk was born in South Africa and his father was a white South African.

Black people mainly belong to Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Tswana, North Soto, South Soto, Kanga, Wenda and Ndebele, and Bantu is the main language. Whites are mainly Dutch-born South Africans and British-born whites, and colored people are mixed-race descendants of whites, aborigines and slaves during the colonial period, mainly using Afrikaans. Asians are mainly Indians and China.

Development history of South Africa

/kloc-after the 0/7th century, the Dutch and the British invaded one after another, pushing the colonies inland. /kloc-In the mid-9th century, the white rulers established four political entities: two British colonies, namely Cape and Natal; Two Boer republics, namely Transvaal Republic of South Africa and Orange Free State.

1899~ 1902 Ying Bu War ended in a difficult victory for the British. 19 10, four regimes merged into the south African Federation and became a self-governing territory of Britain. The South African authorities have long pursued a policy of racial discrimination and apartheid in China through legislative and administrative means. 1948 after the Kuomintang came to power, it fully implemented the apartheid system and suppressed the resistance struggle of the South African people, which was condemned and sanctioned by the international community. 1961may 3 1 day left the Commonwealth and established the Republic of South Africa.

1989, after de Klerk became the leader and chairman of the Kuomintang, he carried out political reforms, lifted the ban on black liberation organizations and released Mandela and others. 199 1 year, the ANC, the South African government, the Kuomintang and other parties 19 held multi-party negotiations on a political solution to the South African issue, and reached an agreement on political transition arrangements in 1993.

1From April to May 1994, South Africa held its first non-racial general election. The tripartite alliance led by the ANC, the South African Production Party and the South African Trade Union Congress won with a majority of 62.65%. Mandela became the first black president of South Africa, and the ANC, the Kuomintang and the Inkata Liberal Party formed a government of national unity.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-South Africa