Talk:Demographics of South Africa

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I took out the sentence that said that the Chinese were not classified as Asian, but as whites. See the related section in Asians in South Africa. There were some East Asians that were considered honourary whites, but many Chinese were classified as Asian. 69.158.5.191 02:11, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I took out the part that said that some white South Africans of Portuguese descent stem from slaves the Dutch brought from Indonesia. It is not true because in the East Indies the Dutch labelled any Roman Catholic native "Portuguese" so those slaves were actually not Portuguese but contributed to the make-up of the Coloured and Asian populations (Drepanopulos)

I have heard that there is about 1 million Portugese in SA. Is that true? Are they classified as whites? �Dr.Poison 13:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know the numbers, but I can confidently say that Portugese people in South Africa are considered white, by any local standard.

ManicParroT 06:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)