According to statistics kept by the ROC consulate-general in Johannesburg, there are currently over 15,000 overseas Chinese and persons of Chinese descent in South Africa. Two-thirds are persons of Chinese descent, most of whom live in Cape Town (around 3,300) and Johannesburg (around 9,000), with the rest scattered among other towns and cities of South Africa and the tribal homelands.
根據我國駐約翰尼斯堡總領事館的統計，至一九八九年底，南非華裔和華人已達一萬五千多人，其中華裔佔三分之二上下，多聚居於開普敦（約三千三百人）和約翰尼斯堡（約九千人）兩地。