Today approximately 750,000 Shangaan live on the border of Kruger National Park Large, thatched, conical roofs typify their huts while dresses often consist of long, colourful material knotted on one shoulder. Wide, necklaces beaded and heavy metal bracelets are also popular. Face scarring was originally practised to deter Arab slave traders but it is now considered a sign of beauty. The Tsonga are excellent fishermen. Swazi women also wear scarves, knotted around both shoulders and goatskin aprons.
Favourite colours are orange and red.
Of the 40 million people in South Africa today, six million are of European origin. Slaves from Madagascar, Java and Bali were also transported to the Cape while indentured workers from India were employed in the sugar plantations of KwaZulu-Natal. Their presence can be seen in the old military fort, The Castle of Good Hope, in Cape Town, in Stellenbosch, the second oldest settlement in the Cape, in Swellendam at the Drostdy Museum and Klippe Rivier Homestead in Graaff Reinet, where over 210 buildings with national monument status can be seen in the oldest town in the eastern Karoo. Cape Dutch architecture is much in evidence in the estate buildings of the winelands. German missionaries preached to and educated the black tribes.