Cape Coloureds

Cape Coloureds () are a South African group of Coloureds who are from the Cape region in South Africa which consists of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape. Their ancestry comes from the interracial mixing between the European, the indigenous Khoi and San, the Xhosa plus other Bantu people, indentured labourers imported from the British Raj, slaves imported from the Dutch East Indies, immigrants from the Levant or Yemen (or a combination of all). Eventually, all these ethnic and racial groups intermixed with each other, forming a group of mixed-race people that became known as the "Cape Coloureds".

Demographics

Although Coloureds represent only 8.15% of people within South Africa, they make up 42.1% of the population in the Western Cape, representing a plurality of the population of the province. (according to the 2022 South African census)

thumb|A Coloured man from Cape Town speaking Afrikaans

They are generally bilingual, speaking Afrikaans and English, though some speak only one of these. Some Cape Coloureds may code switch, speaking a patois of Afrikaans and English called Afrikaaps, also known as Cape Slang (Capy) or , meaning Kitchen Afrikaans. Cape Coloureds were classified under apartheid as a subset of the larger Coloured race group.

250px|thumb|A genetic clustering of South African Coloured and five source populations. Each vertical bar represents individual.

Recent studies of Cape Coloureds using genetic testing have found ancestry to vary by region. Khoe-San ancestry is higher in inland regions and towards the north into the present-day Northern Cape. Although it is prevalent throughout the Cape, the partial Bantu-speaking ancestry (most predominantly Xhosa) increases going eastwards into present-day Eastern Cape. The European-related ancestry is highest along the coast. In Cape Town and the rest of the Western Cape province, the partial Asian ancestry is high and diverse due to the arrival of Asian and African slaves that mixed with Europeans (colonists, immigrants, tourists) and existing mixed race (Khoisan-European) which formed the modern-day Cape Coloureds and Cape Malay due to the creolisation of all those populations. At least 4 genetic studies indicate that the average Cape Coloured has an ancestry consisting of the following, with large variation between individuals:

African Ancestry: Range: ~ 30-68%
European Ancestry: Range: ~ 20-70%
Asian Ancestry: Range: ~ 20-40%
Middle Eastern Ancestry: Range: ~ 5-15%

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and individual results may vary. The ancestry of Cape Coloureds can be diverse and complex.

The genetic reference cluster term "Khoisan" itself refers to a colonially admixed population cluster, hence the concatenation, and is not a straightforward reference to ancient African pastoralist and hunter ancestry, which is often demarcated by the L0 haplogroup ancestry common in the general South African native population, which is also integral part of other aboriginal genetic reference cluster terms like "South-East African Bantu".

Religion

A separate Dutch Reformed Church, the Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC), was formed in 1881 to serve the Cape Coloured Calvinist population separately from the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK). It was merged in 1994 with the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA, formed 1963) to form the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa.

Success in the spread of Catholicism among Afrikaans speakers, including Coloured communities, remained minimal until the death throes of Apartheid during the mid to late 1980s. As Catholic texts began to be translated into Afrikaans, sympathetic Dutch Reformed pastors, who were defying the traditional anti-Catholicism of their Church, assisted in correcting linguistic errors. By 1996, the majority of Afrikaans-speaking Catholics came from the Coloured community, with a smaller number of Afrikaner converts, most of whom were from professional backgrounds.

Sunni Islam remains in practice among Cape Malays, who were generally regarded as a separate ethnoreligious group under apartheid.

Origin and history

The first and the largest phase of interracial marriages/miscegenation in South Africa happened in the Dutch Cape Colony and the rest of the Cape Colony which began from the 17th century, shortly after the arrival of Dutch settlers, who were led by Jan van Riebeeck, through the Dutch East India Company (also known as the 'VOC'). When the Dutch settled in the Cape in 1652, they met the Khoi Khoi who were the natives of the area. After settling in the Cape, the Dutch established farms that required intensive labour, therefore, they enforced slavery in the Cape. Some of the Khoi Khoi became labourers for the Dutch farmers in the Cape. Despite this, there was resistance by the Khoi Khoi, which led to the Khoikhoi-Dutch Wars.

As a result, the Dutch imported slaves from other parts of the world, especially the Malay people from present-day Indonesia and the Bantu people from various parts of Southern Africa. Slaves were also imported from Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh (also known as 'Bengal'), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Madagascar, Mauritius and the rest of Africa. Because of this, the Cape had the most diverse slave population in the world. Usually, slaves were given their masters' surnames, surnames that referred to the characters in the bible (e.g. Adams, Jephta, Thomas, Esau, Solomons, Jacobs, Matthews, Peters, Daniels), surnames that reflected the month when they arrived in the Cape (e.g. September, March/Maart, January/Januarie, April), surnames that referred to Greek and Roman mythology (e.g. Cupido, Adonis, Titus, Hannibal) or surnames that referred to the geographical location where they came from (e.g. 'Afrika' from different parts of mainland Africa, 'Balie' from Bali in Indonesia and 'Malgas' which referred to the Malagasy people from Madagascar). These slaves were, however, dispersed and lost their cultural identity over the course of time.

Even in the early years of colonialism, the area that became known as 'Cape Town', received international interest because it was the perfect halfway point for the trade route between Europe and Asia, which made Cape Town a vital trading station. This is the main reason why the Cape was colonised by the Dutch so that the VOC could control and benefit from the Cape-Sea Route. This is also the main reason why the Dutch Cape Colony (especially in Cape Town) became a melting pot of people who came from different parts of the world and this melting pot still exists. To a certain extent, the slaves in the Cape also had interracial unions with each other and mixed-race children were also conceived from these unions as well because the slaves were of different races (African and Asian). Some of these slaves also intermixed with the local Khoi Khoi workers and another breed of children were born with diverse heritage.

thumb|[[Krotoa, a Khoi Khoi woman who was the first indigenous person in South Africa to have an official interracial marriage]]

The first interracial marriage in the Cape was between Krotoa (a Khoi Khoi woman who was a servant, a translator and a crucial negotiator between the Dutch and the Khoi Khoi. Her Dutch name was "Eva Van Meerhof") and Peter Havgard (a Danish surgeon whom the Dutch renamed as "Pieter Van Meerhof"). Having conceived 3 mixed-race children, Krotoa was also known as the mother that gave birth to the Coloured community in South Africa.

Eventually, more Dutch people settled in the Cape until the Cape fell under British rule in the early 19th century. The arrival of more Dutch people in the Cape led to the recruitment of more Khoi Khoi labourers and the importation of more slaves from different parts of Asia and Africa. From the mid-17th century until the 19th century and the 20th century, all the Dutch surnames in the Cape region and the rest of South Africa evolved into Afrikaans surnames which are the most common surnames amongst White South Africans and Coloured South Africans e.g. Van Niekerk, Strydom (from 'Strijdom'), De Waal, Pietersen, Van Rooyen, Van Tonder, Hanekom, Steenhuisen, De Jongh (from De Jong), Van Wyk, Van Der Walt, Van Der Merwe, Koekemoer, Meintjies, Beukes, Van Der Bijl, Uys, Oosthuizen, Theunissen, Pieterse, Willemse, Nieuwoudt.

The Huguenots (also known as 'French Huguenots') were French Protestants who escaped banishment and persecution of Protestants in France. Many of them emigrated to the Dutch Cape Colony to seek refuge among the existing Dutch community during the late 1600s and early 1700s. Despite being refugees, they played a huge role on the history of the current Afrikaans-speaking community, the Cape region as a whole and the rest of South Africa. Coming from a country that has a rich history of wine production, these French refugees pioneered the vineyards of the Cape Winelands, turning it into one of the biggest wine producers in the world. The town of Franschhoek (which means "French corner" in Dutch and Afrikaans) in the current Western Cape, was named as a refuge where many Huguenots were allocated by the VOC. Many Huguenots were also allocated to Stellenbosch, Paarl and the rest of the Cape Winelands because this was the perfect environment (in terms of climate and fertile land) for them to plant their vineyards and produce wine.

Although many Huguenots, who arrived in the Cape, were already married, their children and descendants were soon absorbed into Cape society and after few generations, they spoke Dutch, not French. Just like many White-Afrikaans speakers, many Coloured-Afrikaans speakers (especially those from the current Western Cape, Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape) also have some ancestry from France due to the Huguenots who integrated with the Dutch and other ethnic groups in the Cape region. White-Afrikaans speakers and Coloured-Afrikaans speakers who specifically originate from the sub-region of the Cape Winelands (especially from the Franschhoek area, the Stellenbosch area and the Paarl area) may have more French ancestry because this is where most Huguenots in the Cape Colony where allocated for the purpose of wine-making. Through the impact of the Huguenots in the Cape, French names became popular within the Afrikaans-speaking community (both White and Coloured) e.g. Jacques, Cheryl, Elaine, André, Michelle, Louis, Chantel/Chantelle, Leon, François, Jaden, Rozanne, Leroy, Monique, René, Lionel.

During the 1600s and the 1700s, Germany was the Netherlands' biggest trading partner in Europe and due to good relations, more than 100 000 Germans were recruited by the VOC making Germans the largest foreign Europeans in the Dutch empire. Throughout Dutch rule, the VOC sent nearly 15 000 Germans to the Dutch Cape Colony to work as officials, sailors, administrators and soldiers. Eventually, Germans in the Cape became farmers, teachers, traders and ministers.

Another group of Europeans who settled in the Dutch Cape Colony came from Northern Europe (also known as 'Scandinavia'). In fact, they were amongst the earliest Europeans who settled in the Cape Colony, along with the Dutch and the Germans. Most Scandinavians in the Cape were VOC workers while others were independent traders who also needed the Cape as a halfway point to Asia and vice versa. The Scandinavians in the Cape mostly came from Sweden and Denmark while a few came from Norway and Finland. As the VOC struggled to find Dutch volunteers to become workers, it turned to the Scandinavians. Scandinavians in the Cape were mostly missionaries, soldiers, administrators, traders, teachers, nurses, doctors and public servants. Overtime, the white community of the Cape evolved into an ethnic group of White South Africans who are now known as Boers/Afrikaners.

With the arrival of more Europeans (as mentioned above), more African and Asian slaves and the recruitment of more Khoi Khoi labourers in the Cape Colony, there were more interracial unions with more mixed-race children who were absorbed into the Cape Coloured community. The recruitment of Khoi Khoi labourers and the importation of African and Asian slaves continued until the Cape fell under British rule in the early 1800s and eventually, these slaves and labourers were absorbed into the Cape Coloured community.

The most notorious ethnic group of Asian slaves in the Cape were the Malays who came from Indonesia while some also came from Malaysia. Indonesian slaves were also made up of other tribes (such as the Javanese people from the island of Java and the Balinese people from the island of Bali). Because Indonesia and Malaysia are both predominantly Muslim states, the slaves who were taken from these countries were the ones who introduced Islam into the Dutch Cape Colony, and Islam became the second-largest religion amongst Cape Coloureds, after Christianity. Like the Christians, these Muslims also spread Islam through missionary work, hence it became the second-largest religion amongst Cape Coloureds. Indonesian Muslims were also known as 'Mardyckers' or 'Mardijkers'. However, many Indonesians were also non-Muslims, therefore, they also converted to Christianity. Many Indonesians were also sent to the Dutch Cape Colony as exiled prisoners who ended up as slaves as a punishment for rebelling against Dutch rule in Indonesia (which was then called the Dutch East Indies). These Malays and other Indonesians had the largest non-European influence in the Cape Colony under Dutch rule. The main reason behind this influence was that, unlike other enslaved ethnic groups in the Cape, Malay slaves and other Indonesian slaves were also royals, clerks, former politicians and former religious leaders who were initially brought as exiled prisoners; therefore, they used their influence and power to become prominent figures amongst the oppressed and enslaved people of the Cape.

Although the majority of Malays (together with other Indonesian slaves and Malaysian slaves) in the Cape were interracially mixed into the Cape Coloured community, a small minority of them preserved their own community in order to keep their culture and influence alive, therefore, they became known as the 'Cape Malays' (also known as the 'Cape Muslims'). Because of their influence, other Muslims in the Cape were eventually absorbed into the Cape Malay community (especially Indian slaves, East African slaves and the latter immigrants and indentured labourers from the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, India, Indonesia and Zanzibar who settled when the Cape Colony was under British rule, during the 1800s and the early 1900s), therefore the Cape Malays were also creolised. Due to many similarities between the Cape Coloureds and the Cape Malays, the two communities became intertwined, especially in Cape Town, which is the heart of the Cape Malay community in South Africa. Some Cape Malays even went beyond the Cape region and migrated into the interior of South Africa, especially after the discovery of gold in Johannesburg in 1886. However, during Apartheid, the Cape Malays were classified as a sub-group of 'Coloureds' due to similar ancestry with the Cape Coloureds and because the Population Registration Act, 1950 grouped South Africa's population into four races: Black, White, Coloured and Indian. Therefore, many Cape Malays were forced to live in Coloured communities under the Group Areas Act during Apartheid. From the beginning of slavery until the Cape fell under British rule in the early 19th centrury, many Indians, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis were brought to the Cape as slaves. These South Asian slaves were mostly farmworkers, carpenters, craftsmen, domestic workers and cooks. One of the earliest and most prominent Indian slaves in the Cape was Angela Van Bengale (who hailed from the region of Bengal), who had a marriage and relationships with different white men and conceived 10 mixed-race children. At one stage, Indians formed the largest group of Asian slaves until their numbers dropped during the 18th century due to the restricted importation of Asian slaves.

The predominant African slaves in the Cape were the Southern African Bantu (who mostly came from the areas of present-day Mozambique and Angola) and the Malagasy people from Madagascar. African slaves were also imported from Central Africa, West Africa, East Africa and Mauritius. The very first slave ship to arrive in the Cape was the Amersfoort, which carried slaves from Angola. The second large group of slaves also came from West Africa. The Bantu slaves (from different parts of Southern Africa, Central Africa and East Africa) also introduced the Ngoma drum, which became an instrument used during the Kaapse Klopse. The word 'Ngoma' refers to a drum in most Bantu languages while it also refers to a song in some Bantu languages. Due to the Dutch influence and the massive creolisation, the word 'Ngoma' was creolised into 'Gomma' and it evolved into the term 'Ghoema'. From the 18th century until the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the territory of the Cape expanded gradually to the north and east. The expansion of the Dutch Cape Colony was mainly caused by the dry and infertile nature of its immediate interior, therefore farmers needed fertile land because farms could only be settled where there were springs to provide permanent water. By the 1750s, the territory of the Dutch Cape Colony had reached present-day Swellendam and by the end of the Dutch rule (after British annexation in 1814), the territory of the Cape had already reached certain parts of present-day Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape, leading to the arrival of Afrikaners/Boers with their multiracial slaves in different parts of the Cape. When the Cape fell under British rule during the 19th century, it continued to expand until it reached the border with other colonies and with the Boer republics. With the gradual expansion of the Cape, the migration of the trekboer, the migration of Afrikaners/Boers with their multiracial slaves and the additional arrival of various European nationalities (such as the British, Irish etc.), there were more interracial unions throughout the Cape: this time between the white and the Khoisans in present-day Northern Cape, and between the white and the Xhosa in present-day Eastern Cape, with more mixed race children being conceived, who also became part of the Cape Coloureds.

Miscegenation in the eastern part of the Cape (which is now the 'Eastern Cape') dates to the late 1600s which began as a result of the shipwrecks. The Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape (which stretches from the provincial border with Natal to East London and Port Alfred) is named after its wilderness and the stormy seas that caused thousands of shipwrecks, especially during the 1700s. Survivors of the shipwrecks (most of whom were Europeans while some were Asians) settled on the Wild Coast. Having no means to reach their intended destination, most survivors remained permanently in the Eastern Cape and mixed with the Xhosa. Within the same period, many escaped slaves from the Dutch Cape Colony (also known as 'Maroons') fled to the East where they sought refuge and then they were soon followed by the Trekboers who were on their way to the Karoo, while some of them also settled in the Eastern Cape where they mixed with the Xhosa and the Khoi Khoi. The most notorious Trekboer to do so was Coenraad De Buys, who fathered many mixed race children with his many African wives (who were Khoi Khoi and Xhosa) and one of them was Chief Ngqika's mother, Yese, wife of Mlawu kaRarabe. During the last years of Dutch rule, the territory of the Dutch Cape Colony had reached the Western portion of the Eastern Cape, especially in the Graaff-Reinet region which led to the arrival of Boers/Afrikaners with their multiracial slaves. Miscegenation in the Eastern Cape continued during the 1800s until the early 1900s with the arrival of British, Irish and German settlers, many of whom had mixed with different ethnicities and eventually multiracial people in the Eastern Cape also became part of the Cape Coloured. Some Trekboers even went as far as the Orange River and beyond to the Southern part of the Kalahari and in all these areas, they met the Khoisans (the San and the Khoi Khoi). To survive in this hot and dry region, the Trekboers adopted the nomadic lifestyle of the Khoisans and some even mixed with the Khoisans. During the last years of Dutch rule, the territory of the Dutch Cape Colony had reached the Southern portion of the Northern Cape, leading to the arrival of Boers/Afrikaners with their multiracial slaves. Then the Basters, Oorlams and some Cape Coloureds migrated to the North as well and some of them even went as far as present-day Namibia. In the latter half of the 1800s, large sums of diamond, Uranium, Copper and Iron ore were discovered in the Northern Cape which attracted many Europeans, many of whom mixed with the San, Khoi khoi, Tswana in the North-East and the Xhosa in the South-East and then multiracial people in the Northern Cape also became part of the Cape Coloured. Most of the freed slaves (who became Cape Coloureds) remained behind. Many freed slaves moved to an area in Cape Town that became known as District Six. Throughout the 1800s (especially after the abolishment of slavery in 1834) and the early 1900s, the Cape received an influx of refugees, immigrants and indentured labourers from:

Britain, Ireland, Germany, Lithuania, St Helena, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Middle East, West Africa, North Africa and East Africa(majority of all these groups were absorbed into the Cape Coloured community).

thumb|Felix Florez, a Filipino man in Kalk Bay in 1863

In the 1800s, the Philippines, at the time a Spanish colony, experienced a harsh rebellion against Spanish colonial rule, so many Filipinos fled to different parts of the world. In the late 1830s, the first Filipinos to arrive in the Cape settled in Kalk Bay, Cape Town where they fished for a living and then Kalk Bay became their new home. When word reached the Philippines, many more Filipinos flocked to Kalk Bay, and they were soon scattered throughout Cape Town and other parts of the region that is now the Western Cape, where most of them were eventually absorbed into the Cape Coloured community. As a result, many Cape Coloureds can trace some of their roots to the Philippines due to the Filipinos of Kalk Bay. In 1890, the British troops brought these freed Oromo slaves to Lovedale Mission in present-day Eastern Cape where many of them became part of the Cape Coloured.

By the turn of the 20th century, District six became more established and cosmopolitan. Although its population was predominantly Cape Coloured, District Six (just like many places in the Cape) was diverse with different ethnicities, races and nationalities living there (this includes Blacks, Whites, Jews, Cape Malays and Asian immigrants such as the Indians, Chinese, Japanese etc.) Many of these groups were absorbed into the Cape coloured community. The whole Cape Colony (including the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape) also attracted many European immigrants of various nationalities (including Scandinavians, Portuguese, Greeks, Italians etc.), many of whom married into the Cape Coloured community while some mixed with other ethnic groups, whose children were absorbed into the Cape Coloured community, further diversifying the ancestry of Cape Coloureds.

During the 20th century (under British rule from 1910 to 1948 and Apartheid regime from 1948 to 1994), many Khoisans living in the Cape Province were assimilated into the Cape Coloured community, especially in the North of the Cape (now the 'Northern Cape'). As a result, many Cape Coloureds, especially from the Northern Cape, share close ties with the San and the Khoi Khoi, especially those living in the Namaqualand region, around the Orange river and the Kalahari region.

As a result, the Cape Coloureds ended up having the most diverse ancestry in the world, with a blend of many different cultures.

Cape Coloureds in the media

right|thumb|Cape Coloured school children in [[Mitchells Plain]]

right|thumb|Cape Coloured children in [[Bonteheuwel township (Cape Town, South Africa)]]

right|thumb|The Christmas Bands are a popular Cape Coloured cultural tradition in Cape Town.

A group of Cape Coloureds were interviewed in the documentary series Ross Kemp on Gangs. One of the gang members who participated in the interview mentioned that black South Africans have been the main beneficiaries of South African social promotion initiatives while the Cape Coloureds have been further marginalised.

The 2009 film I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured – Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope (Monde World Films, US release) is one of the first historical documentary films to explore the legacy of Apartheid through the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured community, including interviews with elders, pastors, members of Parliament, students and everyday people struggling to find their identity in the new South Africa. The film's 2016 sequel Word of Honour: Reclaiming Mandela's Promise (Monde World Films, US release)

Various books have covered the subject matter of Coloured identity and heritage.

Patric Tariq Mellet, heritage activist and author of 'The Camissa Embrace' and co-creator of The Camissa Museum, has composed a vast online blog archive ('Camissa People') of heritage information concerning Coloured ancestry tracing to the Indigenous San and Khoe and Malagasy, East African, Indonesian, Indian, Bengal and Sri Lankan slaves.

Terminology

The term "coloureds" is currently treated as a neutral description in Southern Africa, classifying people of mixed race ancestry. "Coloured" may be seen as offensive in some other western countries, such as Britain and the United States of America.

The most used racial slurs against Cape Coloureds are Hottentot or hotnot and Kaffir. The term "hotnot" is a derogatory term used to refer to Khoisan people and coloureds in South Africa. The term originated from the Dutch language, where "Hottentot" was used to describe a language spoken by the Khoisan people. It later came to be used as a derogatory term for the people themselves, based on European perceptions of their physical appearance and culture. The term is often used to demean and dehumanize Khoisan and coloured people, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and discrimination against them. The term "Kaffir" is a racial slur used to refer to coloured people and black people in South Africa. It originated from Arabic and was used to refer to non-Muslims. Later, it was used by European-descended South Africans to refer to black and coloured people during the apartheid era, and the term became associated with racism and oppression. While it is still used against Coloured people, it is not as prevalent as it is against black people.

People

Politicians

Midi Achmat, South African writer and LGBT rights activist
Zackie Achmat, South African HIV/AIDS activist and filmmaker
Neville Alexander, Political activist, educationalist and lecturer.
Allan Boesak, Political activist and cleric.
Patricia de Lille, former PAC, then Independent Democrats leader, then Democratic Alliance mayor of Cape Town, now leader of Good Party
Tony Ehrenreich, South African trade unionist.
Zainunnisa Gool, South African Political activist and representative on the Cape Town City Council.
Alex La Guma, South African novelist and leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation.
Trevor Manuel, former Finance Minister, currently Head of the National Planning Commission of South Africa.
Peter Marais, former Unicity Mayor of Cape Town and Former Premier of the Western Cape
Gerald Morkel, former mayor of Cape Town
Dan Plato, Western Cape Community Safety Minister.
Dulcie September, political activist.
Adam Small, political activist, poet and writer.
Percy Sonn, former president of the International Cricket Council.
Simon van der Stel, last commander and first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony.

Artists and writers

Peter Abrahams, writer
Tyrone Appollis, academic
Willie Bester
Dennis Brutus, journalist, poet, activist
Peter Clarke
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, writer and performance artist
Garth Erasmus, artist
Diana Ferrus, poet, writer and performance artist
Oliver Hermanus, writer, director
Rozena Maart, writer
Mustafa Maluka
Dr. Don Mattera
James Matthews, writer
Selwyn Milborrow, poet, writer, journalist
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh
Arthur Nortje, poet
Robin Rhode
Richard Moore Rive, writer
Tracey Rose
Adam Small, writer
Zoë Wicomb, writer
Athol Williams, poet, writer, scholar, social philosopher

Actors and actresses

Quanita Adams, actress
Natalie Becker, actress
Lesley-Ann Brandt, actress
Meryl Cassie, actress
Vincent Ebrahim, actor
Vinette Ebrahim, actress
Kim Engelbrecht, actress
Jarrid Geduld, actor
Shannon Kook, actor
Kandyse McClure, actress
Shamilla Miller, actress
Blossom Tainton-Lindquist

Beauty queens

Tansey Coetzee, Miss South Africa 2007
Tamaryn Green, Miss South Africa 2018
Pearl Jansen, Miss World 1st runner up 1970, competed as Miss Africa South due to Apartheid
Amy Kleinhans, former Miss South Africa 1992 and first non-white Miss South Africa.
Liesl Laurie, Miss South Africa 2015
Jo-Ann Strauss, Miss South Africa 2000, media personality and business woman.

Musicians

AKA, hip-hop recording artist
Fallon Bowman, South African-born guitarist, singer, and actor.
Jonathan Butler, jazz musician.
Blondie Chaplin, singer and guitarist for the Beach Boys.
Paxton Fielies, singer
Jean Grae, hip-hop artist.
Paul Hanmer, pianist and composer
Abdullah Ibrahim, jazz pianist
Robbie Jansen, musician
Trevor Jones, South African-born film composer.
Taliep Petersen, musician and director
YoungstaCPT, rapper

Others

Marc Lottering, comedian
Jenny Powell, television presenter.

Athletics

Shaun Abrahams, 800m runner
Cornel Fredericks, track-and-field sprinter
Paul Gorries, Sprinter
Leigh Julius, 2004–08 Olympian
Geraldine Pillay, 2004 Olympian, Commonwealth medallist
Wayde van Niekerk, track-and-field sprinter, Olympic and World Champion, and World Record Holder

Cricket

Paul Adams
Vincent Barnes
Loots Bosman
Henry Davids
Basil D'Oliveira
Damian D'Oliveira
JP Duminy
Herschelle Gibbs
Beuran Hendricks
Reeza Hendricks
Omar Henry
Garnett Kruger
Charl Langeveldt
Wayne Parnell
Alviro Petersen
Robin Peterson
Keegan Petersen
Vernon Philander
Dane Piedt
Ashwell Prince
Roger Telemachus
Clyde Fortuin
Lizaad Williams
Ottniel Baartman
Chloe Tryon

Field hockey

Clyde Abrahams
Liesel Dorothy
Ignatius Malgraff

Football

Keegan Allan
Kurt Abrahams
Cole Alexander
Oswin Appollis
Andre Arendse
Tyren Arendse
Wayne Arendse
Bradley August
Brendan Augustine
Emile Baron
Shaun Bartlett
Tyrique Bartlett
David Booysen
Mario Booysen
Ethan Brooks
Delron Buckley
Brent Carelse
Daylon Claasen
Rivaldo Coetzee
Keanu Cupido
Clayton Daniels
Lance Davids
Rushine De Reuck
Keagan Dolly
Kermit Erasmus
Jody February
Taariq Fielies
Quinton Fortune
Lyle Foster
Bevan Fransman
Stanton Fredericks
Reeve Frosler
Ruzaigh Gamildien
Morgan Gould
Victor Gomes, referee
Travis Graham
Ashraf Hendricks
Rowan Human
Rudi Isaacs
Willem Jackson
Moeneeb Josephs
David Kannemeyer
Ricardo Katza
Daine Klate
Lyle Lakay
Lee Langeveldt
Clinton Larsen
Luke Le Roux
Stanton Lewis
Benni McCarthy, South Africa national team's all-time top scorer with 31 goals
Fabian McCarthy
Leroy Maluka
Grant Margeman
Bryce Moon
Nasief Morris
Tashreeq Morris
James Musa
Andile Ncobo, referee
Morne Nel
Andras Nemeth
Reagan Noble
Brad Norman
Riyaad Norodien
Bernard Parker
Genino Palace
Peter Petersen
Brandon Peterson
Steven Pienaar
Reyaad Pieterse
Wayne Roberts
Frank Schoeman
Ebrahim Seedat
Brandon Silent
Elrio van Heerden
Dino Visser
Shu-Aib Walters
Mark Williams, scored both goals to win the 1996 African Cup of Nations final
Ronwen Williams
Robyn Johannes

Rugby

Gio Aplon
Nizaam Carr
Kurt Coleman, Western Province and Stormers player
Bolla Conradie
Juan de Jongh
Peter de Villiers
Justin Geduld, Sprinbok 7's
Bryan Habana
Cornal Hendricks
Adrian Jacobs
Conrad Jantjes
Elton Jantjies
Herschel Jantjies
Ricky Januarie
Ashley Johnson
Cheslin Kolbe, Western Province and Stormers player
Dillyn Leyds, Western Province and Stormers player
Lionel Mapoe
Breyton Paulse
Earl Rose
Tian Schoeman
Errol Tobias
Jaco van Tonder
Ashwin Willemse
Chester Williams

Others

Christopher Gabriel – basketball player
Raven Klaasen – tennis player
Devon Petersen – darts player
Kenny Solomon – South Africa's first chess grandmaster

Cape Coloureds

Demographics

Religion

Origin and history

Cape Coloureds in the media

Terminology

People

Politicians

Artists and writers

Actors and actresses

Beauty queens

Musicians

Others

Athletics

Cricket

Field hockey

Football

Rugby

Others

See also

Notes

References

External links