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It is important to understand that today, not all people of multiracial heritage in South Africa identify as 'Coloured'. Some individuals of mixed heritage prefer to identify as 'Black, 'White', Indian or indigenous [18] South Africans for example, as they are now free to choose.
South Africa has cultivated a burgeoning astronomy community. It hosts the Southern African Large Telescope, the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere. South Africa is currently building the Karoo Array Telescope as a pathfinder for the $20 billion Square Kilometer Array project to be built in South Africa and Australia.
South African culture by ethnicity (4 C) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in South Africa" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Xhosa people(/ ˈ k ɔː s ə / KAW-sə, / ˈ k oʊ s ə / KOH-sə; [2] [3] [4] Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group and nation native to South Africa.They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language.
South Africa is known as a 'Rainbow nation' because of its diverse cultures, tribes, races, religions and nationalities. [15] As a result of this diversity, Coloured people in South Africa have different ancestries as they come from different regions in the country that have different ethnic groups.
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The Orlam people comprise various subtribes, clans and families. In South Africa, the Griqua are an influential Oorlam group. The clans that migrated across the Oranje into South West Africa are, in order of their time of arrival: The ǀAixaǀaen (Orlam Afrikaners), the first
Khoekhoe subdivisions today are the Nama people of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa (with numerous clans), the Damara of Namibia, the Orana clans of South Africa (such as Nama or Ngqosini), the Khoemana or Griqua nation of South Africa, and the Gqunukhwebe or Gona clans which fall under the Xhosa-speaking polities.