One of my favourite quotes from former president Thabo Mbeki is: “One of the things that became clear and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which was being ...

I've mentioned the Cape Coloureds of South Africa on this weblog before. Culturally they're Afrikaans in language and Dutch Reformed in religion (the possibly related Cape Malay group is Muslim, ...

"Our country requires an economy that can meet the needs of all our economic citizens -- our people and their enterprises -- in a sustainable manner. This will only be possible if our economy builds ...

IF BARACK OBAMA lived in South Africa, he might be called a coloured. Under apartheid, the government decided to which of four racial categories a South African belonged—black, coloured, Indian/Asian ...

Several months ago I put up a post which reviewed the geographical connections within the total genome content of the Cape Coloureds of South Africa. These peoples (plural because distinctive ethnic ...

So this over-concentration of coloureds in the Western Cape is not working for them”. How can any right-thinking rational and unbiased observer think that an affirmation that South Africa belongs to ...

Well done people of Namibia, my fellow countrymen and women! We have to be proud of the manner in which we voted and behaved during the voting period. It is this that makes one proud to be Namibian!

It’s no good, the Coloureds are in eruption. And those who have been good so far, now begin to steam ominously. (With apologies to DH Lawrence) There’s no pleasing some coloureds – that’s if reaction ...

A property tycoon has been blasted by anti-racism groups after he banned "coloured" people from renting his homes. Kent-based Fergus Wilson, reportedly the UK's biggest buy-to-let landlord, wrote that ...

"We are sick and tired of being called people without a culture, half-caste, or even more cruel statements, such as that we are the children of prostitutes." These anguished sentiments came from ...

Coloureds wear masks to bring a theatrical element to their live sets Electro duo Coloureds will headline the next Upstairs at the O2 Academy Oxford gig in association with BBC Introducing. The band's ...