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Mandela Park (Makaya)

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Stellenbosch, Western Cape

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Recommended Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

100

Transport

Affordability

Schools — 71 schools within range

Trade-offs

Amenities — 80 amenities mapped nearby

What's happening

Local & city news, notices and alerts

Why financial literacy matters for small business owners Mail & Guardian

A study by Stellenbosch University highlights how practical financial literacy workshops empower small business owners in South Africa, addressing key hurdles like budgeting, record-keeping, and cash flow management.

1 week ago Read article

From student digs to PSG buyout: How ButtaNutt was built News24

In his second year of studying mechanical engineering at Stellenbosch University, Antoine van Heerden started a health food brand that would go on to be sold in 1 500 stores around the country.

3 weeks ago Read article

SA’s first Einstein fellow: Stellenbosch lecturer’s journey from Delft to Germany News24

A Stellenbosch University lecturer has become the first South African academic to be selected for the prestigious Albert Einstein Fellowship in Germany – and she will use the opportunity to tell stories rooted in the lives, histories, and identities of people from communities such as the Cape Flats.

3 weeks ago Read article

Data confidence

High coverage

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography

25 pts

source authority

20 pts

freshness

10 pts

record coverage

25 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Reliable enriched schools, amenity details, ratings, and official area demographics are not available for this suburb yet. Existing evidence elsewhere on this page remains visible; missing facts are not estimated.

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · OSM Sep 2026 · modelled

Safety

Bottom 20%

2022-2023

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 27%

2020

100

Transport

Top 1%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Bottom 44%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Top 9%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Top 25%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,772 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

96%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

Has electricity

98%

Regular refuse removal

88%

Water interruptions (past yr)

22%

Less happy than last year

36%

What residents are complaining about

% of households reporting each problem as present in their area.

Illegal rubbish dumping 9%

Littering 27%

Water pollution 10%

Air pollution 11%

Land degradation 14%

Noise pollution 14%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

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Load-shedding

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National status

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Harare

Total incidents

6,930

Violent crime

3,815 +218

Burglary & robbery

752 +57

Property crime

1,169 +125

Vehicle crime

194 -36

Other

1,000 +169

Most reported crimes

Aggr Robbery

958

Common Assault

934

Drug Crime

757

Assault Gbh

652

Malicious Damage

504

Other Theft

446

Burglary Res

402

Carjacking

353

Reporting history (2008–2023)

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Total Burglary share Latest period

Source: SAPS crime statistics, SAPACR dataset (2008–2023). South African Police Service.

Nearest police stations

Harare SAPS 1.4 km Harare 1.4 km Khayelitsha SAPS 3.2 km Police station 5.4 km

Straight-line distances from suburb centre. Source: OpenStreetMap.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

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Nearby schools

DBE National Masterlist 2020 · within 5km

Schools within 5 km

Closest school

246 m

School mix

67 public · 4 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 0

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Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS

No significant hazards on record

No notable floods or earthquakes recorded near this area since 2006.

Affordability

Estimated

Estimated figures — modelled from NeighbourhoodIQ score and area type. No suburb-level Stats SA survey exists. Use as a rough planning guide, not a valuation.

Avg monthly rent

R11,330

Median income

R35,020

Avg property price

R1,390,500

Price trend YoY

+4.4%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Western Cape (Stats SA GHS 2022) R9,475/mo

Official house price index — Western Cape Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 48.1, 2010-02: 48.0, 2010-03: 47.8, 2010-04: 47.7, 2010-05: 47.6, 2010-06: 47.5, 2010-07: 47.5, 2010-08: 47.5, 2010-09: 47.5, 2010-10: 47.5, 2010-11: 47.6, 2010-12: 47.8, 2011-01: 48.0, 2011-02: 48.2, 2011-03: 48.6, 2011-04: 48.8, 2011-05: 49.0, 2011-06: 49.0, 2011-07: 49.0, 2011-08: 49.0, 2011-09: 49.0, 2011-10: 49.1, 2011-11: 49.2, 2011-12: 49.3, 2012-01: 49.4, 2012-02: 49.4, 2012-03: 49.4, 2012-04: 49.5, 2012-05: 49.7, 2012-06: 50.0, 2012-07: 50.3, 2012-08: 50.7, 2012-09: 51.1, 2012-10: 51.5, 2012-11: 51.8, 2012-12: 52.1, 2013-01: 52.3, 2013-02: 52.6, 2013-03: 52.9, 2013-04: 53.2, 2013-05: 53.6, 2013-06: 54.1, 2013-07: 54.6, 2013-08: 55.0, 2013-09: 55.4, 2013-10: 55.8, 2013-11: 56.2, 2013-12: 56.7, 2014-01: 57.3, 2014-02: 57.9, 2014-03: 58.5, 2014-04: 59.1, 2014-05: 59.5, 2014-06: 60.0, 2014-07: 60.5, 2014-08: 61.0, 2014-09: 61.5, 2014-10: 62.1, 2014-11: 62.7, 2014-12: 63.2, 2015-01: 63.7, 2015-02: 64.3, 2015-03: 64.9, 2015-04: 65.4, 2015-05: 66.0, 2015-06: 66.5, 2015-07: 67.1, 2015-08: 67.7, 2015-09: 68.3, 2015-10: 69.0, 2015-11: 69.8, 2015-12: 70.8, 2016-01: 71.6, 2016-02: 72.4, 2016-03: 73.0, 2016-04: 73.5, 2016-05: 74.0, 2016-06: 74.4, 2016-07: 74.9, 2016-08: 75.5, 2016-09: 76.1, 2016-10: 76.8, 2016-11: 77.5, 2016-12: 78.3, 2017-01: 79.1, 2017-02: 80.1, 2017-03: 81.1, 2017-04: 82.1, 2017-05: 83.0, 2017-06: 83.9, 2017-07: 84.7, 2017-08: 85.4, 2017-09: 86.1, 2017-10: 86.7, 2017-11: 87.2, 2017-12: 87.6, 2018-01: 87.8, 2018-02: 88.0, 2018-03: 88.2, 2018-04: 88.5, 2018-05: 88.8, 2018-06: 89.3, 2018-07: 89.7, 2018-08: 90.2, 2018-09: 90.5, 2018-10: 90.8, 2018-11: 90.9, 2018-12: 91.1, 2019-01: 91.4, 2019-02: 91.7, 2019-03: 92.0, 2019-04: 92.2, 2019-05: 92.2, 2019-06: 92.0, 2019-07: 91.8, 2019-08: 91.8, 2019-09: 91.8, 2019-10: 92.1, 2019-11: 92.4, 2019-12: 92.7, 2020-01: 92.8, 2020-02: 93.1, 2020-03: 93.5, 2020-04: 94.3, 2020-05: 95.4, 2020-06: 96.6, 2020-07: 97.7, 2020-08: 98.5, 2020-09: 98.9, 2020-10: 99.1, 2020-11: 99.4, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.9, 2021-02: 101.9, 2021-03: 102.9, 2021-04: 103.7, 2021-05: 104.2, 2021-06: 104.5, 2021-07: 104.9, 2021-08: 105.3, 2021-09: 105.8, 2021-10: 106.6, 2021-11: 107.4, 2021-12: 107.9, 2022-01: 108.5, 2022-02: 109.0, 2022-03: 109.3, 2022-04: 109.6, 2022-05: 110.0, 2022-06: 110.5, 2022-07: 111.2, 2022-08: 112.1, 2022-09: 113.2, 2022-10: 114.2, 2022-11: 115.0, 2022-12: 115.8, 2023-01: 116.5

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