Most of these live either in Mauritius, the Malagasy Republic, Reunion or the Republic of South Africa. With 15,000-odd people, the overseas Chinese community in South Africa ranks as the fourth largest on the entire continent, despite being historically the oldest established.
在這幾個國家中，南非華僑人數雖排名第四，但論及華僑史實的研究，卻跑在第一。