Coloureds

The latter was a predominantly a coloureds/basters team.

Indians and Coloureds had all sorts of resources Africans didn’t have.

After union, the Cape Province was permitted to keep a restricted version of its multi-racial qualified franchise, and thus became the only province where coloureds (mixed-race people) and Black Africans could vote.

A range of accents can be seen, with the majority of Coloureds showing a strong Afrikaans inflection.

In an effort to redress past injustices, the ANC government has introduced laws in support of affirmative action policies for Blacks; under these they define "Black" people to include "Africans", "Coloureds" and "Asians".

Other than by appearance, "Coloureds" can usually be distinguished from "Blacks" by language.

Some affirmative action policies favor "Africans" over "Coloureds" in terms of qualifying for certain benefits.

Some Cape Coloureds also volunteered early in the war, but later some of them were effectively conscripted and kept in segregated units.

Stals, supra, p. 52. Soon other working poor, Coloureds, Indians and Africans also settled there.

The Coloureds and Basters share similar genealogical origins and cultural attributes (such as home language) but nonetheless maintain distinctly separate communal identities, as do most white Namibians and black Namibians, respectively.

The government required that Blacks and Coloureds live in areas separate from Whites, creating large townships located away from the cities as areas for Blacks.

The range of accents found among English-speaking Coloureds (from the distinctive "Cape Flats or Coloured English" to the standard "colloquial" South African English accent) are of special interest.