Mitchell's Plain is a coloured township 20kms from the city of Cape Town. It was built during the 1970's to alleviate housing shortages in the coloured communities during the apartheid-era forced removals. It is on the Cape Flats, near Khayelitsha. In the South African and Namibian context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruine Afrikaners) refers to a rather heterogenous group of people of mixed Khoisan, white European descent, Malay, Malagasy, Black (Bantu), and South Indian ancestry, especially in the Western Cape. ... In South Africa, the term township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped) urban residential areas that, under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) who lived near or worked in areas that were designated white-only. Soweto (actually a group of townships) and Alexandra are two of... City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area  - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked 100th 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Calling code 021 edit Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad /ˈkɑːpstÉ‘t... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Khayelitsha a township in South Africa, on the outskirts of Cape Town. ...

See also

• District Six

District Six is the name of a former neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, best known for the forced removal of its inhabitants during the 1970s. ...

Sources

http://www.dplg.gov.za/html/progs/urpNodes/MitchellsProfile.htm Mitchell's Plain Profile