Where do all the people who live in South Africa come from?
As with any other country, South Africa’s population continually changes. People move in and out of the country and also move about inside the country itself. We call this movement of people migration. The movement of people to a country is called immigration, and if they move out of a country, it is called emigration. There are several reasons why people migrate.The Khoina have lived in South Africa for the past 10 000 years. During the Iron Age, about 2 000 years ago, black people also settled in the subcontinent. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck founded the first white settlement. Thereafter, immigrants from France, Germany and Britain settled here.During the 17th and 18th centuries, Khoina groups, and later also Griquas, migrated to the interior away from the increasing number of white people settling on the available land. Some of the greatest migrations were, however, the MFECANE (module 1) and the GREAT TREK (module 1). These migrations had important consequences.
