South Africans
Mandela's fellow citizens
South Africans are people from South Africa, the country at the southern tip of the African continent.
The term encompasses diverse ethnic, linguistic, and cultural groups—including Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaner, and many others—united by shared nationality: South Africans voted in their first fully democratic election in 1994.
South African liberation figure
- BoerDutch-descended South African
- BantuAfrican language family
- SharpevilleApartheid-era massacre location
- Robben IslandSouth African prison colony
Boer War · Steve Biko · freedom struggle · sanctions · divestment · homelands · pass laws
Shared humanity ethic
- AfrikaansSouth African Germanic language
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
- XhosaBantu language with clicks
- townshipsRural administrative districts
Soweto · vuvuzela · gumboots · Cape Malay · potjiekos · biltong · rooibos · shebeen
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- ethnicitiesGroups sharing cultural heritage
- AfrikaansSouth African Germanic language
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
- XhosaBantu language with clicks
Swazi · Afrikaners · pluralism · integration · cosmopolitan · demographics · coexistence
South Africa's economic hub
- Cape TownSouth African legislative capital
- DurbanSouth African coastal city
- PretoriaSouth African administrative capital
- Mandela DayAnnual day promoting community service
Nelson Mandela · Desmond Tutu · Table Mountain · Kruger · rand
Mandela
South African liberation figure
- BoerDutch-descended South African
- BantuAfrican language family
- SharpevilleApartheid-era massacre location
Robben Island · Boer War · Steve Biko · freedom struggle · sanctions · divestment · homelands · pass laws
ubuntu
Shared humanity ethic
townships · Soweto · vuvuzela · gumboots · Cape Malay · potjiekos · biltong · rooibos · shebeen
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- ethnicitiesGroups sharing cultural heritage
- AfrikaansSouth African Germanic language
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
Xhosa · Swazi · Afrikaners · pluralism · integration · cosmopolitan · demographics · coexistence
Johannesburg
South Africa's economic hub
- Cape TownSouth African legislative capital
- DurbanSouth African coastal city
- PretoriaSouth African administrative capital
Nelson Mandela · Desmond Tutu · Mandela Day · Table Mountain · Kruger · rand
- African PeoplesEgyptians, Nigerians, Zulu, Moroccans, Ethiopians
- Indian OceanArabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Andaman Sea
- English Speakersnative speaker, native speakers, Americans, British, American
- Germanic peoplesGermans, Austrians, Goth, Visigoth, Ostrogoth
- SouthernersAlabaman, Alabamian, Alabamians, Arkansan, Arkansans
South AfricansScandinavians
People from northern Europe
Northern Europeans · Norwegians · Swedes · Icelanders · Russians
South, African, Africans, Africa, south, southern, southerly, southward, southwards