List of slums in South Africa

Slums in South Africa exist in all cities. There are also rural informal settlements.[1] The slums are listed below under the city or town they are nearest to.

A shantytown in Cape Flats, Cape Town

Amanzimtoti

KwaMakhutha

Blue Downs

Mfuleni

Cape Town

Khayelitsha in 2015

Bonteheuwel
Crossroads, Western Cape
Dunoon, Cape Town[2]
Flamingo Crescent[3]
Gugulethu
Joe Slovo (Cape Town)[4]
Khayelitsha[3]
Langa, Western Cape
Mitchells Plain- 310,485 inhabitants in 2011.[5]
Nyanga, Western Cape
Philippi, Western Cape
Santini[3]

Durban

Chatsworth
Inanda
Kennedy Road[6]
KwaDabeka
KwaMashu - 175,663 inhabitants in 2011.[5]
Ntuzuma
Piesangriver[7]

Durbanville

Fisantekraal

East London, Eastern Cape

Mdantsane - 156,835 inhabitants in 2011.[5][8]

Fish Hoek

Masiphumelele

George, Western Cape

Map of Thembalethu showing zone of slum

Thembalethu

Hout Bay

Imizamo Yethu

Johannesburg

Alexandra - 179,624 inhabitants in 2011.[5]
Kanana[7]
Soweto - 1,271,628 inhabitants in 2011.[5]

Kraaifontein

Wallacedene

Paarl

Mbekweni

Port Elizabeth

Ibhayi - 237,799 inhabitants in 2011.[5]
Motherwell

Port Shepstone

Gamalakhe

Rustenburg

Freedom Park, North West - estimated size 25,000 people in 2008.[9]

Stellenbosch

Enkanini[10]
Kayamandi

Strand, Western Cape

References

Murray, Colin (1987). "Displaced Urbanization: South Africa's Rural Slums". African Affairs. 86 (344): 311–329. ISSN 0001-9909.
"SA violence spreads to Cape Town". BBC News. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Milne, Nicky (14 December 2016). "The tale of two slums in South Africa as residents seek to upgrade lives". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Staff writer (24 August 2008). "'It's our duty not to be silent'". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Staff Writer (14 August 2016). "These are the biggest townships in South Africa". Business Tech. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Africa, Richard PithouseTopics: Movements Places (1 February 2006). "Struggle Is a School: The Rise of a Shack Dwellers' Movement in Durban, South Africa". Monthly Review. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Huchzermeyer, Marie (September 2003). "A legacy of control? The capital subsidy for housing, and informal settlement intervention in South Africa". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 27 (3): 591–612. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.00468.
"Njabulo Ndebele: Behind sweaty windows – reflections on the boxing Mecca of South Africa". Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
"Hope in a shipping container clinic". The New Humanitarian. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Smit, Suzanne; Musango, Josephine Kaviti; Kovacic, Zora; Brent, Alan C (February 2017). "Conceptualising slum in an urban African context". Cities. 62: 107–119. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.018.

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[Rural-1] Murray, Colin (1987). "Displaced Urbanization: South Africa's Rural Slums". African Affairs. 86 (344): 311–329. ISSN 0001-9909.

[Violence-2] "SA violence spreads to Cape Town". BBC News. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[Milne-3] Milne, Nicky (14 December 2016). "The tale of two slums in South Africa as residents seek to upgrade lives". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[MG-4] Staff writer (24 August 2008). "'It's our duty not to be silent'". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[Biggest-2011-5] Staff Writer (14 August 2016). "These are the biggest townships in South Africa". Business Tech. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[MR-6] Africa, Richard PithouseTopics: Movements Places (1 February 2006). "Struggle Is a School: The Rise of a Shack Dwellers' Movement in Durban, South Africa". Monthly Review. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[IJURR-7] Huchzermeyer, Marie (September 2003). "A legacy of control? The capital subsidy for housing, and informal settlement intervention in South Africa". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 27 (3): 591–612. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.00468.

[Box-8] "Njabulo Ndebele: Behind sweaty windows – reflections on the boxing Mecca of South Africa". Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[NH-9] "Hope in a shipping container clinic". The New Humanitarian. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[Cities-10] Smit, Suzanne; Musango, Josephine Kaviti; Kovacic, Zora; Brent, Alan C (February 2017). "Conceptualising slum in an urban African context". Cities. 62: 107–119. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.018.