The various Coloured communities in southern Africa developed out by events of the Dutch colonization of South Africa. In 1652 a small company of employees of the Dutch East India Company were settled on the southern tip of Africa in order to establish a refreshment station for the Company’s ships en route to the Far [...]
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All human beings belong to the same race
ALTHOUGH segregation had been part of the South African social and political landscape since European colonisers arrived in the 17th century, it was only in 1950, with the introduction of the Population Registration Act, that the state attempted to classify the entire population into fixed groups based on the false notion of race. Scientifically, there is [...]
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Numbers!
In this course, we often speak about society and identity. Just yesterday, we watched the most interesting documentary on gangs and how they operate in jail and outside the bars of justice. In this piece a man was questioned about his identity. He was asked if he would classify himself as a cape coloured. His [...]