White Namibians
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White Namibians (Template:Langx or Script error: No such module "Lang".) are people of European descent settled in Namibia. The majority of White Namibians are Dutch-descended Afrikaners (locally born or of White South African descent), with a minority being native-born German Namibians (descended from Germans who colonised Namibia in the late-nineteenth century). There are also some Portuguese and English immigrants. 53,773 Namibians identified as White in the 2023 census, representing 1.8% of the population of Namibia.[1]
Distribution
The vast majority of White Namibians live in major cities and towns in central or southern Namibia. Windhoek has by far the largest White population, and Whites are a majority in the coastal city of Swakopmund. Other coastal cities, such as Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, also have large White communities. In general, most of Namibia south of Windhoek has a high proportion of Whites, while central Namibia has a high concentration of Blacks. Apart from Windhoek, coastal areas and Southern Namibia, there are large White communities in Otjiwarongo and towns in the Otavi Triangle, such as Tsumeb and Grootfontein. The 1981 census of the Republic of South Africa reported a White population of 76,430 in Namibia (71% Afrikaners and 17% German-speaking).[2]
The white birth rate in Namibia is lower than the black and mixed population.[3]
History
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Portuguese mariner and explorer Bartolomeu Dias reached Namibia in 1487. Europeans had no interest in Namibia until the 19th century because there was a desert along the country’s coast.[5]
German colonists killed tens of thousands of indigenous African tribes in Namibia between 1904 and 1908 during the Herero and Nama genocide due to white supremacy and belief in racial superiority.[6][7]
Economics
According to the FAO, around 42% of arable land was owned by Whites at the time of independence in 1990.[8] While the area was known as South West Africa, White Namibians enjoyed a highly privileged position due to apartheid laws enforcing strict segregation.[9]
Politicians
- Leon Jooste, Minister of Public Enterprises
- Anton Lubowski, political activist
- Dirk Mudge, Chairman of the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference
- Henk Mudge, Member of Parliament
- Kosie Pretorius, Member of Parliament
- Hanno Rumpf, government minister and ambassador
- Hans-Erik Staby, Member of Parliament
- Jan de Wet, Member of Parliament
- Piet van der Walt, Deputy Minister of National Planning
- Calle Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform
- Nico Smit, Member of Parliament
Businessmen
Sportspeople
- Skipper Badenhorst
- Quinton-Steele Botes
- Renaldo Bothma
- Jacques Burger
- Dan Craven
- Monica Dahl
- Trevor Dodds
- Jörg Lindemeier
- Percy Montgomery
- Oliver Risser[10]
- Friedhelm Sack
- Manfred Starke
- Ian van Zyl
Journalists
Farmers
Engineers
Artists
- Tim Huebschle, film director and screenwriter
- Adolph Jentsch, painter
- Richard Pakleppa, film director and screenwriter
- EES (Eric Sell), singer, songwriter and entrepreneur
- Max Siedentopf, artist and film director
Fashion models
Population chart
| Government | Year | White population | Total population | White in percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German South West Africa (1884–1915) | 1913 | 14,830 | 200,000* | 7% |
| South West Africa, South African administration (1915–1990) | 1918 | 13,400[12] | 195,000* | 7% |
| 1919 | 6,700[13] | 205,000* | 3% | |
| 1921 | 19,432[14] | 228,910[15] | 8% | |
| 1933 | 10,000[13] | 290,000* | 3% | |
| 1958 | 66,000[14] | 561,854[16] | 12% | |
| 1965 | 68,000[17] | 670,981[16] | 10% | |
| 1981 | 76,430[2] | 1,033,196[18] | 7% | |
| Republic of Namibia (1990–) | 2023 | 125.000[19] | 3,022,401[1] | 5% |
See also
- German Namibians
- Monitor Action Group
- Republican Party
- Demographics of Namibia
- History of the Jews in Namibia
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References
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- ↑ Amid Namibia's White Opulence, Majority Rule Isn't So Scary Now in The New York Times, 26 December 1988
- ↑ Risser, Namibia's White Warrior FIFA, 23 January 2008
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