The largest ethnic group in South Africa is the Zulu and the majority of them live in KwaZulu Natal Province and Gauteng Province. The second largest is the Xhosa group; they are located in the Eastern Cape Province and Western Cape Province.

Statistics South Africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups. The 2011 census figures for these categories were Black South African at 76.4%, White South African at 9.1%, Coloured South African at 8.9%, Indian South African at 2.5%, and Other/Unspecified at 0.5%.

As of 2019, South Africa’s population increased and counted approximately 58.4 million inhabitants in total, of which the majority (roughly 47.4 million) were Black Africans. Individuals with an Indian or Asian background formed the smallest population group, counting approximately 1.45 million people overall.

The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each population generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan populations.

The Khoisan were the first inhabitants of southern Africa and one of the earliest distinct groups of Homo sapiens, enduring centuries of gradual dispossession at the hands of every new wave of settlers, including the Bantu, whose descendants make up most of South Africa’s black population today.

The Sentinelese are the most isolated tribe in the world, and have captured the imagination of millions. They live on their own small forested island called North Sentinel, which is approximately the size of Manhattan.

Andaman Islands

Approximately 100 Ayoreo people, some of whom are in the Totobiegosode tribe, live uncontacted in the forest. They are nomadic, and hunt, forage, and conduct limited agriculture. They are the last uncontacted peoples south of the Amazon basin, and are in Amotocodie.

The world’s 8 most dangerous islands

1. Ilha da Queimada, Brazil.
2. Miyake-Jima, Japan.
3. Saba, Netherlands Antilles.
4. Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
5. Gruinard Island, Scotland.
6. Farallon Islands, US.
7. Ramree Island, Myanmar.
8. Danger Island.

Surtsey, Iceland The result of a volcanic eruption off the southern coast of Iceland in the 1960s, this off-limits island isn’t out of reach because it’s unsafe or privately owned. Instead, commonplace travelers are unwelcome because Surtsey has been reserved strictly for research.

Niihau

Visits to the island are prohibited, but various books and articles discuss visits by a writer and/or photographer.

Be aware that visiting the island is illegal. There are no public tours available to go see the island.

To buy Poveglia, in the surthern side of the Venetian lagoon, aka the world’s most hunted island (local legends have the spirits and ghosts of the dead of the plagues roaming there) the highest offer was just 513 thousand euros for a 50-year-concession.

Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague and is caused by the bite of an infected flea. Plague bacillus, Y. pestis, enters at the bite and travels through the lymphatic system to the nearest lymph node where it replicates itself. The lymph node then becomes inflamed, tense and painful, and is called a ‘bubo’.