List of slums in South Africa

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

Amanzimtoti

KwaMakhutha

Ballito

Shaka's Head

Cape Town

Khayelitsha in 2015

Bonteheuwel
Crossroads
Du Noon^[2]
Flamingo Crescent^[3]
Gugulethu
Joe Slovo^[4]
Khayelitsha^[3]
Langa
Mfuleni
Mitchells Plain- 310,485 inhabitants in 2011.^[5]
Nyanga
Philippi
Santini^[3]

Durban

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

Durbanville

East London

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

Fish Hoek

Masiphumelele

George

Map of Thembalethu showing zone of slum

Thembalethu

Hout Bay

Imizamo Yethu

Johannesburg

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

Kempton Park

Thembisa

Kraaifontein

KwaDukuza

Nkobongo (adjoining Shakaskraal)

Margate

KwaMasinenge

Mbombela

KaNyamazane
Matafeni (Mataffin)
Matsulu

oThongathi

Hambanathi

Paarl

Mbekweni

Pinetown

Port Elizabeth

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

Port Shepstone

Gamalakhe

Randburg

Cosmo City

Rustenburg

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

Stellenbosch

Strand

Verulam

Waterloo

References

^ Murray, Colin (1987). "Displaced Urbanization: South Africa's Rural Slums". African Affairs. 86 (344): 311–329. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097916. ISSN 0001-9909. JSTOR 722745.
^ "SA violence spreads to Cape Town". BBC News. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[Rural-1] Murray, Colin (1987). "Displaced Urbanization: South Africa's Rural Slums". African Affairs. 86 (344): 311–329. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097916. ISSN 0001-9909. JSTOR 722745.

[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] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

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