Afrika e Borwa, lentswe Coloureds (eo hape a tsejwa e le Bruin mense kapa Kleurlinge) ke sesupo sa merabe bakeng sa batho ba hlahang ho yona merabe e tswakilweng le meloko ya Europe, Asia le tse fapa-fapaneng Khoisan le Bantu merabe ya Afrika e ka borwa Hase batho bohle ba Coloured bolella tshwanang morabe, mme malapa a fapaneng le batho ba na le tse fapa-fapaneng ditshebetso tse fapaneng meleng.[1][2]
Ho ne ho dikamanong tsa pharaletseng le mekgatlo ya basebetsi hara ditjhaba tsena tse sa tshwaneng ka Western Cape. Ao ho ona di a ikgetha Cape Coloured mme hokahaneng Cape Semalay setso sa pele. Dikarolong tse ding tsa Afrika e Borwa, batho ba classified e le Coloured ne hangata ditloholo tsa batho ba tswang merabeng e mmedi e arohaneng. Dithuto tsa diphatsa tsa lefutso di bontsha sehlopha na le maemo a mang a phahameng ka ho fetisisa oa lesika la tsoakiloeng lefatsheng.[3][4] Mitochondrial DNA dithutomh di bontshitse hore lerato mme (tšehali) mecha ea ho baahi ba Coloured ba theohela boholo tsoang Khoisan basali, taba ea gender- leeme admixture.[5][6]
Morena wa motse wa Coloured e tswa lesikeng la mengata ya mekgatlo ya basebetsi ba ho kopanela diphate pakeng tsa ba batona Western Europe le Khoisan Cape Colony ho tloha lekgolong la bo 1700 la lilemo ho ya pele.
A Kwazulu-Natala, Coloureds rua lefa la tse sa tšoaneng ho akarelletsa le Brithani, Irish, Majeremane, Mauritian, Saint Helenians, Maindia, Maqhosa le Mazulu.[7] Coloureds Zimbabwean ba tsoa lesikeng la Shona kapa Ndebele kopanya le bajaki Brithani le Afrikaner. Griqua, ka lehlakoreng le leng, ke litloholo tsa Khoisan le Afrikaner Trekboers. Ho sa tsotellehe ho se tšoane tsena e meholo, lesika la bona ho tloha ho feta e 'ngoe naturalized morabe o bolela hore ba' mala tabeng e potolohileng South African. batho ba joalo ba ne ba sa hakaalo intša khetholla tsela ena; ba bang ba khetha ho ipitsang batsho kapa Khoisan kapa hore feela South African.