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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.
Mar 23, 2023 · Persistent farm-labour shortages across America have pushed visas up by 211% from 2011 to the 2021 fiscal year. South African hires, leaving behind a poor economy and high crime rates, have...
White South Africans are by far the largest population of White Africans. White was a legally defined racial classification during apartheid. Most Afrikaners trace their ancestry back to colonists in the mid-17th century and have developed a separate cultural identity, including a distinct language.
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.
- Neil Roos
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.
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.
Apr 26, 2024 · White South Africans make up roughly 7 percent of the population, but white-owned farms still cover about half of the country’s entire surface area, according to Mr. Sihlobo and Mr. Kirsten.