South African British

infobox ethnic group
group = South African British


caption = Notable South African-Britons: Peter Hain, Mark Shuttleworth
poptime = 140,000 South African Born
with many more of South African heritage Over 0.5% of the UK population
popplace = London, South East England
langs = English, Afrikaans, other South African languages
rels = Christian, Jewish
related= Zimbabwean British, Kenyan British, Afrikaners, British-South Africans

South African British are United Kingdom citizens who are South African-born, raised or with South African parentage.

The majority of these people are concentrated in largely affluent areas of London, the anecdotal evidence being that many are business people working in the City of London. There is, for instance, a South African-born cluster in the Canary Wharf area. In fact, London is the second biggest number of South African ex-pats in the western world. University towns such as Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Bristol also show significant clusters of South Africa-born. Many young people with British family ties have come over the years to work in the UK, including the public services. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/south_africa.stm
title=Born Abroad – South Africa
author=
date=
publisher=BBC News
accessdate=2007-10-17] . Other reasons include exile from apartheid government of 1948 to 1994, and escape from the recent violence "(South Africa has the second highest murder and rape rates in the world)" that is plaguing South African society. Fact|date=June 2007

Notable South African-Britons

"South Africans with links to the UK"

"Britons with South African heritage"

References