Manenberg

Manenberg
From top, A view of Manenberg looking towards Table Mountain in the background. The red roofed government housing blocks in-which a large proportion of the community's population lives can be seen in the foreground. Below, painted murals on public housing.
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Coordinates: 33°59′S 18°33′E / 33.983°S 18.550°E / -33.983; 18.550
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Athlone
Area [1]
• Total	3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	52,877
• Density	16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	11.7%
• Coloured	84.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	0.1%
• Other	3.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	71.8%
• English	17.8%
• Xhosa	6.8%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7764
PO box	7764
Area code	021

Manenberg is a township of Cape Town, South Africa, that was created by the apartheid government for low-income Coloured families in the Cape Flats in 1966^[2] as a result of the forced removal campaign by the National Party. It has an estimated population of 52,000 residents. The area consists of rows of semi-detached houses and project-like flats, known as "korre". The township is located about 20 km away from the city centre of Cape Town. It is separated from neighbouring Nyanga and Gugulethu townships by a railway line and Nyanga Junction (a shopping centre)to the east and from Hanover Park by the Sand Industria industrial park to the west and Heideveld to the north. The northern part of Manenberg,(closest to Phillipi and Edith Stevens wetland nature reserve)is known as Sherwood Park and has lots of wealthy people of both Christian and Muslims decent.The middle and lower class live in the rest of Manenberg.Poverty,unemployment,lack of education and motivation,coupled with drug abuse/addiction and gang activities are some of the major issues people in Manenberg suffer under.