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Cape Flats

Cape Flats

The Cape Flats in the Western Cape is the product of the old government policy in South Africa and can be described fairly accurately as “the dumping ground of apartheid”. Based on the notion that people of colour should not be allowed to live in the more affluent residential property areas or close to the city and their place of work, people from widely divergent backgrounds and cultures were uprooted from their various communities and relocated to the Cape Flats.

The landscape is largely wind-blown and predominantly flat, giving it a wasteland kind of feel. Despite this, today the region is home to over a million people and the diverse cultural spread has resulted in a residential area that stands in stark contrast to the rest of the suburbs in Cape Town.

The area includes Langa Gugulethu Nyanga Crossroads Phillipi Mitchells Plain Delft Khayalitsha Macassar and Blue Downs. SA Hometraders provides a selection of