Context: In 2008, the High Court in South Africa ruled that Chinese South Africans who were residents during the apartheid era (and their descendants) are to be reclassified as "Black people," solely for the purposes of accessing affirmative action benefits, because they were also "disadvantaged" by racial discrimination. Chinese people who arrived in the country after the end of apartheid do not qualify for such benefits.

Question: Who declared Chinese South Africans as "Black People"?
Answer: the High Court in South Africa

Question: What year did this ruling happen?
Answer: 2008

Question: Why was this classification made?
Answer: solely for the purposes of accessing affirmative action benefits

Question: What Chinese people did not qualify for benefits?
Answer: Chinese people who arrived in the country after the end of apartheid

Question: Why did some Chinese citizens qualify for benefits? 
Answer: they were also "disadvantaged" by racial discrimination.