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List of slums in South Africa

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A shantytown in Cape Flats, Cape Town

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

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Ballito

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  • Shaka's Head

Cape Town

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Photograph of shacks made out of corrugated metal and wood
Khayelitsha in 2015

Durban

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Durbanville

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East London

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Fish Hoek

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George

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Map of Thembalethu showing zone of slum

Hout Bay

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Johannesburg

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Kempton Park

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Kraaifontein

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KwaDukuza

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Margate

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  • KwaMasinenge

Mbombela

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oThongathi

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  • Hambanathi

Paarl

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Pinetown

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Port Elizabeth

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Port Shepstone

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Randburg

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  • Cosmo City

Rustenburg

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Stellenbosch

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Strand

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Verulam

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  • Waterloo

See also

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References

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  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.
  2. ^ "SA violence spreads to Cape Town". BBC News. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Staff writer (24 August 2008). "'It's our duty not to be silent'". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  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.
  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.
  7. ^ 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.
  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.
  9. ^ "Hope in a shipping container clinic". The New Humanitarian. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  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.