Nyanga

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 12 🏘️ Near: crossroads, guguletu, philippi

This suburb falls within a City of Cape Town urban development focus area, indicating prioritised investment in infrastructure and services.

Schools

12 schools

WCED · 2024

12 Total Schools

9,549 Total Learners

11 Public

1 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
OSCAR MPETHA HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,350
SITHEMBELE MATISO SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,229
HLENGISA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,109
MKHANYISELI PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	904
ANDILE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	844
JOHN PAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	794
LINGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	763
NOMLINGANISELO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	698
ST. MARY'S (RC) PRIMARY (NYANGA)	primary	public	—	646
WALTER TEKA PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	525
LIWA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	486
STORMONT MADUBELA COMMUNITY SCHOOL	primary	independent	—	201

Healthcare

2 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 2

MASINCEDANE CLINIC
NYANGA CLINIC/CDC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

113 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

26,857

Population (2022)

28,704

Est. Population (2025)

Census 2022 weighted estimate. 2025 figure projected at 2.2% annual growth — actual rates vary by suburb.

Source: Stats SA Census 2022 (10% sample)

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

52 Parks

7 With play equipment

3.5 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Guguletu (1.7 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Nyanga Police Station

Primary of 2 stations (52.5% coverage). Secondary: Gugulethu (47.5%).

Recorded Crimes — Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

70 Murder

299 Aggravated robbery

45 Residential burglary

44 Carjacking

55 Rape

190 Assault GBH

20 Vehicle theft

418 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

70 Murder

35 Attempted murder

55 Rape

0 Sexual assault

234 Common assault

190 Assault GBH

299 Aggravated robbery

127 Common robbery

45 Residential burglary

3 Non-residential burglary

20 Vehicle theft

44 Carjacking

38 Residential robbery

418 Drug-related crime

Note: These are station-level totals for the entire policing area, not suburb-specific figures. SAPS does not publish crime data at suburb level. This suburb is served by multiple stations; only the primary station's data is shown.

Source: SAPS Quarterly Crime Statistics 2025/2026

Load Shedding

Block 12

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 12 schedule. Times shown are when power will be OFF.

Dam Levels

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

City-wide metric, not suburb-specific.

78% Full

Recent Trend

Neighbouring Suburbs

crossroads75,225 people→guguletu110,563 people→philippi310,320 people→

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