Mfuleni

Mfuleni is a relatively new township about 32 kilometres from Cape Town, South Africa. It is a predominantly Black township, although there are also some Coloured members of the community.

Mfuleni
An aerial photograph of Mfuleni in the foreground stretching to the west towards Table Mountain. Ikweze Park (on the left) and Delft (to the right) are situated beyond.
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Coordinates: 33°59′41″S 18°40′33″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Cape Town
Government
• Councillor	Thembisile Bathembu (Ward 108) (ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	52,274
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	95.9%
• Coloured	3.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	85.9%
• Afrikaans	3.4%
• Sotho	3.0%
• English	2.8%
• Other	4.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
7100 (street)	n/a
PO box	Postal Code
Area code(s)	021

Mfuleni is a suburb of Blue Downs area and is close to the sprawling township of Khayelitsha and also next to the new suburb of Malibu. Around 52,300 people live in this township. Most were moved there from the late 1990s following flooding and fires in different townships across the Western Cape, such as Philippi, Nyanga and Khayelitsha. Hence, the mixed nature of the community here. Unemployment, HIV/AIDS and crime are some of the most pressing problems in this poor township.

Recently, the Department of Local government and Housing with its partners[2] established a new housing project which built an additional 165 houses.[3]

Only 43% of Mfuleni residents are employed.