More precise records document a small early influx of Chinese to South Africa in 1815, with the arrival of carpenters and bricklayers contracted to work in Cape Province.
在比較確切的文獻記載裡，最早到南非的中國人應是西元一八一五年，應聘到開普省的十三名泥水工、十名木匠和一名油漆匠。