6. KHAYELITSHA
Cape Town
Western Cape
391,749
Est. 1985
38.71 sq.km
While Khayelitsha is the youngest township on this list, it is reputed to be the fastest-growing in South Africa. Khayelitsha was one of the apartheid regime’s final attempts to enforce the Group Areas Act and was seen as the solution to two problems: the rapidly growing number of migrants from the Eastern Cape and overcrowding in other Cape Town townships.
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