ABSTRACT
South Africa is 79.02 percent Black African, 9.58 percent White, 8.91 percent Colored, and 2.49 percent Indian (or Asian). The total population is roughly 50 million. Religious groups break down as follows: 51.7 percent Protestant (including Pentecostal and charismatic churches), 23 percent African Independent Churches, 7.1 percent Catholic, 1.5 percent Islam, 1.2 percentHindu, 0.3 percent African traditional beliefs, 0.2 percent Judaism, and 15 percent with no stated religious preference (the majority probably adhering to traditional, indigenous) religions. Most South Africans have religious affiliations, andmost SouthAfricans areChristians of some sort spread over 34 groupings and several thousand denominations. The more than 4,000 African Independent Churches hold a majority position among the Christian denominations.
