Blanke Namibiërs, Wit Namibiërs Weiße Namibier | |
|---|---|
 Afrikaner children playing tug of war during a traditional Boeresport Day in Namibia. | |
| Total population | |
| c. 150,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Namibia | 150,000 (6% of total population)[1] |
| Others | 48,000 |
| Languages | |
| First language Afrikaans (60%) German (32%) English (7%) Portuguese (1%) | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| White South Africans, White Zimbabweans, Afrikaners, Coloureds, Basters, other White Africans | |
White Namibians (German: Weiße Namibier or Europäische Namibier) 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. Estimates published in 2016 suggest that the White Namibian population run between 75,000[2] and 150,000.[3] This imprecision in data is because the Namibian government no longer collects data based on race.
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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).[4]
History
The first European to land in Namibia was Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão.[5]
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.[6]
Economics
About 4,000 commercial land owners, mostly Whites, own around 50% of the arable land across the country despite a land reform process.[7] 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[4] | 1,033,196[18] | 7% | |
| Republic of Namibia (1990–) | 2011 | 75,000 – 120,000 | 2,113,077 | 4–7% |
See also
- German Namibians
- Monitor Action Group
- Republican Party
- Demographics of Namibia
- History of the Jews in Namibia
References
- ^ "Namibia vows to change 'status-quo' of white-farm ownership".
- ^ Namibian.org – retrieved 3 February 2016
- ^ Namibia-Travel – retrieved 3 February 2016
- ^ a b Weigend, Guido G. (April 1985). "German Settlement Patterns in Namibia". Geographical Review. 75 (2): 156–169. doi:10.2307/214466. JSTOR 214466.
- ^ "Namibia | South African History Online".
- ^ "A Brief History of Namibia". 14 March 2021.
- ^ Namibians plan white farm grabs in BBC News, 5 November 2003
- ^ Garcia, C. Tapia. "Land Reform / Réforme agraire / Reforma agraria /". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Dr. Japie van Zyl". www.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ Garvey, Marcus (5 November 1995). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. IX: Africa for the Africans June 1921 – December 1922. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520916821.
- ^ a b Hackl, Dietmar. "History of Namibia – The Independence". www.namib.info. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ a b Jeremy, Silvester (13 July 2015). Re-Viewing Resistance in Namibian History. University of Namibia Press. ISBN 9789991642277.
- ^ "An atlas of Namibia's population: monitoring and understanding its characteristics" (PDF). Namibia Central Bureau of Statistics. 2010.
- ^ a b "Namibia Population 1950 – 2050". www.bluemarblecitizen.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Namibia Virtual Jewish History Tour | Jewish Virtual Library". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Population – Namibia – Africa". www.countriesquest.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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