List of slums in South Africa



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

Amanzimtoti

 * KwaMakhutha

Ballito

 * Shaka's Head

Cape Town



 * Bonteheuwel
 * Crossroads
 * Du Noon
 * Flamingo Crescent
 * Gugulethu
 * Joe Slovo
 * Khayelitsha
 * Langa
 * Mfuleni
 * Mitchells Plain- 310,485 inhabitants in 2011.
 * Nyanga
 * Philippi
 * Santini

Durban

 * Chatsworth
 * Inanda
 * Kennedy Road
 * KwaMashu - 175,663 inhabitants in 2011.
 * Ntuzuma
 * Piesangriver

Durbanville

 * Fisantekraal
 * Klipheuwel

East London

 * Duncan Village
 * Mdantsane - 156,835 inhabitants in 2011.

Fish Hoek

 * Masiphumelele

George

 * Thembalethu

Hout Bay

 * Imizamo Yethu

Johannesburg

 * Alexandra - 179,624 inhabitants in 2011.
 * Kanana Park
 * Soweto - 1,271,628 inhabitants in 2011.

Kempton Park

 * Thembisa

Kraaifontein

 * Bloekombos
 * Wallacedene

KwaDukuza

 * Nkobongo (adjoining Shakaskraal)

Margate

 * KwaMasinenge

Mbombela

 * KaNyamazane
 * Matafeni (Mataffin)
 * Matsulu

oThongathi

 * Hambanathi

Paarl

 * Mbekweni

Pinetown

 * Clermont
 * KwaDabeka
 * Mpumalanga (Hammarsdale)
 * Tshelimnyama

Port Elizabeth

 * Ibhayi - 237,799 inhabitants in 2011.
 * Motherwell

Port Shepstone

 * Gamalakhe

Randburg

 * Cosmo City

Rustenburg

 * Freedom Park - estimated size 25,000 people in 2008.



Stellenbosch

 * Enkanini
 * Kayamandi

Strand

 * Lwandle
 * Nomzamo

Verulam

 * Waterloo