Masiphumelele is a township in Cape Town, South Africa, located between Kommetjie, Capri Village, and Noordhoek.
Originally known as Site 5, the municipality was renamed Masiphumelele by its inhabitants, which is the word Xhosa which means "let us succeed".
About 400-500 people first settled in the area in the 1980s. As long as the population of apartheid continued to be moved to the outskirts of Khayelitsha, more than 30 km away, but the number began to increase as apartheid began to decompose from 1990.
In 1990, some 8,000 people lived in the area, mostly in shacks, but by 2005, more than 26,000 people lived there, many in brick houses. In 2010, the population is estimated at 38,000. Many of the old Ciskei bantustan in the Eastern Cape.
Facilities are scarce, with overcrowded schools, no police stations, and staff shortages, while an estimated 30-40% of people are infected with HIV and/or TB. SHAWCO, the Health and Welfare Organization of the University Student Center of Cape Town, manages a weekly supplement clinic from the Masiphumelele clinic.
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History
Masiphumelele has been the scene of many protests over the years. Most of the protests have been linked to service delivery and anger over corruption in government housing projects.
On May 12, 2008, a series of unrest began in the Alexandra township (in northeastern Johannesburg) when residents attacked migrants from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Many African nationals are threatened, assaulted and abandoned in the waves of Xenophobic violence that struck South Africa, and in the following weeks violence spread to Cape Town. Thousands of foreigners were transferred from Masiphumelele in May 2008 attacks, mostly landing in the Soetwater refugee camp. A few days after immigrant shops were robbed and strangers attacked, Masiphumelele residents publicly apologized and asked them to return.
On May 2, 2011, a fire that started around 1:00 pm struck and burned about 1500 formal and informal homes. The fires killed one person and left about 5,000 people displaced.
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See also
SMA Masiphumelele
References
External links
- The Masiphumelele image made by Alan Aubry, a French photographer.
- Masiphumelele Overhead Views by photojournalist Johnny Miller.
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