South+African+people

= South African people! =  South Africa is a country with many different types and groups of people, and in this presentation you can learn a bit more about them.

**Population**  Over 47 million people of different origins live in South Africa, each with their own culture language  and belief. 38 million of the total population is African, which makes up for 79.6 %. The rest of the population consists of white, coloured and Asian/Indian, and below you can see how much they make up of the total.



Language With a big diversity, South Africa got 11 different languages. There are African, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswanga, Tsonga, Venda, Zulu. The South African peoples often know more than one language. The main language of the government is English. The most common language spoken in the South African homes, is Zulu.

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Races The white population in South Africa descends mostly from the colonial immigrants that came late in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. These were mostly Dutch, German, French and British. Linguistically the population is mainly divided into African- and English speaking groups, but many immigrants still use their original language. The word “coloured” is used for people of mixed race that descends from slaves from Africa and white people, and the majority speaks Afrikaans. Most of South Africa’s Asian population is Indian, and many descend from workers brought to the sugar plantations on the east coast in the 19th century. They speak mostly English, but some have also kept their original language.

Ethnic groups
South Africans represent a rich array of ethnic backgrounds, but the idea of ethnicity became highly explosive during the apartheid era, when the government used it for political and racial purposes. The black population includes a big number of peoples. Around 60% of the whites are descendants of Dutch, French and Germal settlers, and around 40% are of British descent.

Religion

Almost 80% of the South African population is christian, and half of these are protestants. 7% are catholic and about 22% belong to independent churches. 16% of the population belong to different traditional African religions, and there are also minorities of Hindus, Muslims and Jews. The Reformed Church was brought to South Africa by Dutch colonists in the 16th century, while the English church community came in the 18th century with missionari es from Europe. Hinduism and Islam was brought by Indian immigrants.

Crime

Crime is a big issue in South-Africa. The most popular crimes are car hijacking, rapes, drugs and assaults. The newest trend for thieves is to enter restaurants and rob the guests that are eating. 15 people have been killed in 687 restaurants attacks since July 2008.

There is so many car hijackings so the insurance company no longer insures Volkswagen citi golfs, because it's so many hijackings of this car.