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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 / 33.99472°S 18.67583°E / -33.99472; 18.67583
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Cape Town
Government
• Councillor	Thembisile Bathembu (Ward 108) (ANC)
Area
• Total	13.46 km (5.20 sq mi)
Population
• Total	52,274
• Density	3,900/km (10,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	95.9%
• Coloured	3.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011)
• 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	021

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

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 Village. 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 established a new housing project which built an additional 165 houses.

Since 2013, Health Promoters South Africa provides health education for the residents of Khayelitsha. Founded by the late Dr. Harold Robles and Dr. Jelle Braaksma with the aim of basic education in the field of healthcare. Since December 2020, Health Promoters South Africa has had a partnership with UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education.

Only 43% of Mfuleni residents are employed.

References

1. ^ "Main Place Mfuleni". Census 2011.
2. "Malibu Village". za.geoview.info. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. "Habitat for Humanity Project, Mfuleni (Cape Town)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
4. http://www.westerncape.gov.za/Text/2008/9/mfuleni_project_compressed.pdf

v t e Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape
Seat: Cape Town
Atlantic Seaboard	Bakoven Bantry Bay Camps Bay Clifton Fresnaye Green Point Llandudno Mouille Point Sea Point Three Anchor Bay
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Brooklyn Century City Dunoon Duynefontein Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View
Cape Flats	Athlone Bishop Lavis Crawford Crossroads Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Kenwyn Lansdowne Lavender Hill Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Browns Farm Philippi Horticultural Philippi East Rondebosch East Strandfontein Khayelitsha Bongweni Harare/Holimisa Ikwezi Park Mandela Park Griffiths Mxenge QQ Section Silver Town Victoria Merge Mitchells Plain Rocklands Westridge Portlands Tafelsig Eastridge Beacon Valley Lentegeur Woodlands Weltevreden Valley Colorado Park Mandalay Montclair Watergate Developments Heinz Park Morgans Village Rondevlei Westgate Montrose Park Lost City
City Centre	Bo-Kaap De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Foreshore Gardens Higgovale Oranjezicht Robben Island Schotsche Kloof Tamboerskloof University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Helderberg	Eerste River Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Parel Vallei Strand Lwandle Nomzamo
Islands	Robben Island
Northern Suburbs	Belhar Bellville Boston Eversdal Kenridge Stellenberg Blue Downs Bonteheuwel Bothasig Brackenfell Delft Blikkiesdorp Durbanville Edgemead Elsie's River Epping Fisantekraal Goodwood Kensington Kraaifontein (Wallacedene) Kuils River Langa Joe Slovo Maitland Mfuleni Monte Vista Ndabeni Norwood Panorama Parow Philadelphia Pinelands Richwood Thornton Tygerberg
Southern Suburbs	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Claremont (Harfield Village) Constantia Diep River Grassy Park Heathfield Kenilworth Lotus River Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Observatory Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Salt River Steenberg Tokai Wetton Wynberg
South Peninsula	Capri Village Clovelly Da Gama Park Fish Hoek Glencairn Hangberg Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kommetjie Masiphumelele Noordhoek Ocean View Scarborough Simon's Town St James

• Townships in the Western Cape
• Populated places in the City of Cape Town