Germans in South Africa
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Lüneburg, Hermannsburg, Cape Town, Johannesburg and other large urban areas | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| German Namibians Afrikaners |
German South Africans refers to South Africans who have full or partial German heritage.
A significant number of South Africans are descended from Germans. Most of these originally settled in the Cape Colony, but were absorbed into the Afrikaner community, because they had religious and ethnic similarities to the Dutch and French. German and Afrikaans (along with its parent language Dutch) are closely related Germanic languages. Later German migrants, especially during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the Natal German settlers of the 19th century, were integrated into English-speaking communities of Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal.