RELIGOUS BELIEFS SOUTH AFRICA

South African society has many different beliefs among them; however, the main religion in this area of the world is the Christians having a percentage of the 80% of all the population being mainly Protestants.  Apart from this, there are other religions that are being followed by people in South Africa such as Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism mainly. The variety of religions was brought by the colonists when South Africa was conquered by the Dutch and some other colonists. Nowadays, the government has not been able to set an official religion because of the diversity of religious beliefs.

 

 

 

School directory. Consulted on November 29^th, 2012; from: http://www.spainexchange.com/guide/ZA-religion.htm

 

By: Patrcia Diego