Inside The SAFEST Township In South Africa Capetown! Masiphumelele 

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I don't see a black human being as a foreigner in Africa. I am an SA citizen and i learned a lot of things to people from Zimbabwe and other countries. My business is successful because of their advises.

This Zimbabwean tour guide really knows the township and its people more, it seems like he had got a very good relationship with the community folks

we need to appreciate South Africa for taking care of our brothers and sisters from other African countries 👏🏽👏🏽

Just to help the narrative: Most people living shacks aren't poor, they're just there because they wanna stay near to town. They have big homes back in their villages. That's why december or holidays those places (shacks and townships) becomes empty and boring.

I'm south African and I'm impressed by my Zimbabwean brother there he is a leader indeed, God shall fulfill what you are chosen for.

South Africa and Zambia is my favorite countries in Africa.I'am looking forward to be back in Durban South Africa in March of 2022.I haven't been to Cape town but definitely will visit soon.Thanks for sharing.Georgia USA.

This looks more like an informal settlement than township. Beautiful people. Don’t know about safest township in SA but I’m glad they look out for each other

South Africa is truly a unique African country. One cannot fail to notice the city planning that is put in place when looking at streets and buildings no matter how poor the neighborhood.

Africa will unite, it's in process, the times are changing, it's Africa's time again, Africa is the future and the Europeans know it. Excellent video. 👍🏽

I'm confused by these comments 😶 why would other Africans think that South Africa has no porverty? I mean common sense should tell you that we've only had 27 years to build for those who were previously disadvantaged and that means we are still building. And we've achieved a lot, maybe not enough but there's progress.🤷 If African countries who've had democracy way longer than us are still struggling then why would you think that SA doesn't have underdeveloped areas? Come on guys

So a poor township with shops,internet Cafe,restaurants, community halls ,parks for the kids paved roads and houses that cost 200 dollars add that with free public hospitals ,and we surprised every second person interviewed is a african migrant.

Authentic Real people taking care and looking out for each other Very very eye opening enjoying this journey with you African Tigress you bring the RAW footage Its good to see other side of Township 👍🏽👏🏾😘

The two guides plus the other gentlemen are great people and I appreciate them. I am happy to see South Africa from a different perspective, away from what is portrayed in the media. When doing interviews, you need to be more engaging, not COLD. As a Kenyan, I can say the government can learn a lot from S.A. in terms of how it manages informal settlements.

I truly appreciate that you are not rushing to tell the story of Cape Town, it is complex and layered. This is a common story of entry job migrant workers trying to make ends meet in the city while some of their families back home never fully grasp their everyday struggles. Great work

This is the vibe I’d love to see all over Afrika…the lovely attitudes…l can imagine South Africans, Namibians, Zambians, Ethiopians, Kenyans etc living together all over the continent, not just SA. A true Afropolitan continent. The sooner this happens, the better. Then we build from there. Just that freedom to decide l want to go to somewhere as far as Ethiopia just to live and experience for even a year or so then move to Djibouti for another year. Then Mauritius.

Generally, people in townships, more especially in informal settlements, take care of each other. Many talented people come from there. Unlike us in the suburbs, we mind our business. At some stage, we don't even know some of our neighbors. I miss a townships life.

I like the community spirit of this township. The community can do farming on the land at the back. This place has potential. Great video!

This town ship Is very clean n developed compared to townships in other African countries but they will come here pretending as if in their countries everything is well while we know very well ore kuya nyiwa where else you can find a town ship with good paved roads free drinkable water free healthcare free education libraries town Halls and free parks for kids stable electricity if it's not south Africa my country is doing very well both sides I really like those foreigners who represented our country well

Thanks AT for showcasing the other side of Cape Town.Salute to the male tour guide.He can switch from English to Xhosa and Shona easily.Also you may think u are in Zimbabwe,Shona speakers everywhere

Masiphumelele = Let's Succeed. That tells you about the attitude of people who stay there.

I love how people genuinely care for each other in this hood. It seems like everybody know each other. My kind of community. Some of us live in big cities surrounded by millions of people and yet were are lonely because no one talks to each other in big cities and God forbid if you fall into hard times because no one will help you. Your guide Teddy has a heart of gold and he is giving back so much to his community by helping those kids. I do hope he becomes the president of Zimbabwe one day and fulfil his dreams!

Poor area with electricity ⚡️, running water 💧, paved streets, kids playground, access to free education, free health care, community hall and crime free. Wow 😯

ONE OF THE BEST VLOGS 👌SHOWING AS IT IS IN STREETS OF SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦, EXCELLENT!!

Wow 💯 better than kibera in Nairobi ..... that’s not a township sisi .... that’s what we call informal settlement ..... beautiful woman out there

This is so beautiful they're very caring about their community

I love this..I have always felt that outsiders see it when we are wrong regarding foreigners without taking into consideration the socio-economic hardships that are the real problem. As much as it is unacceptable how SA regards our African brothers and sisters on the other hand, as a country we need to be seen where all is well in terms of welcoming foreigners. This segment should be an eye opener for many of our detractors. I am praying that we will overcome the difficulties and hope that other African countries will do likewise to other African brothers and sisters who might find themselves in foreign African countries.

Thank you for showing this side of SA bland also dispelling the idea that South Africans can't leave with other African fellows. In the next township visit, get a South African to tell and show you the local perspective as well.

Watching you guys from US, Zambian.Loved watching this video.Started following Kross Roads Africa.African Tigress Love your attitude you are very warm.Well done guys.Love the kids.One Love One Africa One Heart.

It is cleaner than the rest of other residential area from places I won't mention and tarred and paved also.

I appreciate the upscale, beautiful side of Cape Town yesterday but seeing this video the other side of Cape Town and the amazing young man/ tour guide is just wonderful. Much love and success to him

There are more foreigners than South African 🙈 I never realised just how many of our African brothers & sister stay here

Next visit rural South Africa life. You ll find homes better than Camps bay and Sandton.

Thank you for this awesome tour. As a whitey I havent seen township this close up. All looks very organised and good, and full of colour, character, laughter and positivity. Would love to spend the day there and paint. Love to hear your chat. Afrikans must unite. No matter where in Africa we come from, or what is our background. Bob Marley wrote Africa Unite, so beautiful.

The kids comes to his house because he is ruling his world with peace ✌🏿 nothing better than neighborhood peace’s!! Pray for those kids to believe in one Africa, United Africa

I'm very impressed by the tour guide comments he makes he speaks very well and positive thoughts and ideas his vibes is very uplifting thank you brother you are a very good example for the kind of youth we need in Africa uniting force of all Africans to create peace and stability in Africa keep up Good work with sisters including Tigress our beautiful intelligent Kenyan sister one love one people. We Make Africa Great Together

I'm a police officer staying in Masiphumelele, and I can say this place is the safest township when you compare it to places like khayelitsha. That's why most officers stay here. I'm not gonna lie though and say we don't have crime. We do get your normal cases like assault, housebreaking and theft and maybe +-3 murder cases a year. But overall it's pretty much safe.

Thank you for the tour. We are still learning. It’s that side of South Africans we didn’t know. Lots of my people there.

honestly speaking, To have large number of poor people from all over African countries is not good for many poor south African, that's the reason you end up having so called ' xenophobia' because those poor south African end up fighting for same resources with another poor person from another African country, someone can say " live together ,you're African " , what about Biafra citizens live in Biafra and south African live in south Africa, if Zimbabwean build Zimbabwe there will never be a need for Zimbabwean to travel to SA...even in issue of crimes, several weeks ago, Zimbabwean guy arrested for killing about 7 south African women, how should south African respond when crime is exported from another country ?, if crime is committed by south African then you can say" is south African problem " , another guy speak about united Africa and another guy from Nigeria see himself as Biafra not as Nigerian

I see a lot of vitriol in the comments. I noticed some non South Africans are gleeful at the fact that such a rich country like South Africa has slums and South Africans are claiming it is majority foreigners (from Africa) who live in those slums. We need to stop this internecine wars. As an African I know for sure that people who live in slums have rural homes whether South African or foreigner. What we need to do is push our respective governments to lift the rural economies so that people will not have to flock in cities looking for meager jobs and end up living in squalor.

Okay. Now I'm changing my views on South Africans. They're not as xenophobic as they're usually portrayed, if all these Africans from other countries can be living in peace like this. Thank you South Africa for treating our brothers and sisters from other African countries well.

I'm blown away by your coverage of this country. Good job. Thanks a million.

This might be the realest video ever!💯💯💯🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Wow I can feel the gentleman love for the kids this is another awesome video I full joy every minute of it keep it going Queen 👸🏾👌🏾

This is Nairobi's equivalent of Mukuru slums but a little much better than Mukuru, although the Kenyan government is now determined to demolish the whole Mukuru slum and build better infrastructure and housing in it

Obviously, Africa must unite in order to have a chance in the fourth industrial Revolution. Uniting doesn't mean anywhere in the world- the removal of literal country borderlines. It means encouraging and stimulating intra- African trade. The competition that would result from this, is going to encourage Investors/producers/ capitalists to go into the production of secondary finished products in order to maximize their profits. That could only mean more jobs and development for everyone eating at the table.I 💯 agree with your tour handler.

Thanks AT for showing the other side of life in cape town. South Africa is a work in progress. In 27 years SA has achieved a lot but more still needs to be done. The part you were in is an informal settlement not a township which is just 15% of SA. Townships are formal settlements with brick and mortar houses, street addresses, and so on. In some countries SA townships would be lower middle class areas or upper working areas, depending of course where you are in the world. Most people who live in informal settlements are migrants from outside our borders and Sans from rural areas searching for employment. The government has built 4 million houses for poorest of the poor for which the recipients did not pay a cent. This has drastically reduced informal settlement to just 15%. The government is continuing to build free houses for the poorest of the poor, but increasing influx of migrants from the rest of the continent is complicating the formalization of settlements because some of the migrants are demanding all the privileges that are reserved for Sans and taking the government court demanding the same privileges as citizens. That being said, informal settlements in SA enjoy amenities such as tared roads, access to electricity, access to clean drinking water, free clinics, employment, sport facilities, free schooling. Clean drinking water is not even enjoyed by the rich in many African countries and access to good health care is a privilege in many African countries. Those people may be poor today but in few years they will climb the social 🪜. That is why those people do not dream of going anywhere but to work hard to change their fortunes. Again that is why many Africans would rather stay in informal settlements in SA than stay in precarious situation in their countries. As for xenophobia I think your visit to our country has opened your eyes about the Sans. Which side of the fence you choose aftet this exposure is up to you. We are still an enigma in Africa, no one cares to understand us but quick to misinterpret and condemn. We will never beg to be accepted but we ll continue to live our lives.

Thanks African Tigress for this great video. Interesting, informative, motivational, one of your best. You really do post great videos.

God bless everybody who is watching this vedio❤❤.May you live long pple lJN

More informal shack settlement than township. Also literally no basis for claiming this informal shack settlement is the "safest" township in the country.

I think the starting point to unite is to refrain from calling each other "foreigners"

this is to me one of best shows un filter ive ever watched. loved it wish you, would do more when ever you ,can.

This is what I want people to also know about us we still have a long walk to freedom South Africa has different faces we are not only cities but we also have rural areas where there is zero discrimination or xenophobia

That's what we need, from our african brothers people with pure good intentions.

Phew! It has grown. I used to work there in 1993-95. We used to teach small businesses and tourism development.

There are people earning as up to R30 000 living there but they just choose to stay there...coz they support their families in the Eastern Cape

Only just come across this eye opener. Wonderful and inspiring people. I am a white westerner living in the UK. One of many thing this brings home is a sense of the scale of migration to SA from other African countries. I was aware of several million Zimbabweans but had little sense of the numbers of 'economic' migrants absorbed by SA. It put's to shame the current furore in the UK over a relatively small number of migrants attempting to enter the UK by perilous crossings of the Channel or any other means. We visited Cape Town in 2019 and did a tour of Khayelitsha led by Uthando. I like to think the visit was educational, and not voyeuristic of patronising. Conditions in Khayelitsha seemed on a level above Masiphumelele. Leads to the question what is the difference between an informal settlement and a township? I guess a township is recognised by public authorities so in theory it has access to public resources - water, electricity, sewage, etc. For a week we stayed in the western comfort of Nordhoek - it's hard to believe Masiphumelele was less than 10k away showing the stark contrasts and gaping inequality of SA. That conditions might be so much better than the slums of origin of many of the migrants does of course not excuse the situation, I realise now I cycled alone on the main road past Masiphumelele, If I am honest I recall being nervous at the time but must say I faced no hostility at all. I hope I can make this journey again and passing solid buildings that the community deserves. PS I have subscribed to AT and look forward to the journey

Wonderful work you have done in this video. Love, peace and unity.

Thank you too Sister Masiphumelele for leting me to know some of outside countries of my Continent of Africa whilst I am sited here in Mozambique, I wish you all the best.

Great and informative footage of our country in Masiphumelele.... Thank you Sista!

This is a great content and sure this will go viral. You have done amazing in south Africa and hope to see you blow bigger with this.

Thank you! I enjoyed this video. Your tour of this township was enlightening and encouraging. Our brothers and sisters have a lot of hope where the opportunities seem to be nill. I will contact this beautiful couple to support the wonderful outreach they are doing.

Did you hear the guy from Biafra talking about Xenophobia? Thank you African Tigress for Africa and the whole world can see that South Africans welcome foreigners and live with them in harmony. This township of Masiphumelele has people from all over the continent, Ghana, Biafra, Nigerian, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho, etc. You will never find that in any African country.

Thanks African tigress for this beautiful video 🔥🔥🔥🔥

🇿🇦🇧🇩 I Love My South African Xhosa Wife Nocwaka Ngoqo and My Children More Then My Own Life Event I can't survive whiteout Them please just tell them to visit me in Bangladesh As Soon As Possible please 🙏

Fascinating .I worked in S Africa during Apartheid (the BAD OLD DAYS) and i visited 2010 Capetown - amazing changes.The biggest problem is of course crime/safety,but,with the Attitude of you guys in this video you will win through.Bless you all.

South Africa, the US of Africa! Thank you SA we know you are facing problems of your own but most of you are still welcoming

I really enjoyed that from the USA I hope he become A leader one day he will clean up things good video keep up the good work I watch you all the time Love you

Thanks for sharing your journey! This is amazing 🤩!

Visit Hanover Park,Steenberg,Lavender hill,Elsies River,Langa and Gugulethu as well Masiphumelele is very new and with mixture of people from different places and countries but there are native Cape Townians from the places i mentioned above.

Very inspiring. I like the vision of a united Africa without boarders. Its the only way forward for the motherland.

Even after watching the video some people are still missing the point! Why can't you just see how united and happy most of these people are?

Thanks AT for showing the positive side of South Africa.

Great to see a more balanced view of South Africa.

Your channel is amazing. I keep learning new things about Africa. Keep up the amazing work🏆⭐👏🏾

This township is so clean🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

This man's energy and love for Africa and her people is infectious. 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks African Tigress... Your RU-vid channel is a modern and practical expression of Pan Africanism. Your tour guide for this episode where also inspirational. Asanteni Sana

Another great video. That Zim young man spoke the truth about African unity. It’s a must!

This place brings back memories from 2008. Visited an orphanage there. Great people doing great things. It's electric.

Thanks a lot for this content, I appreciate so much. I do love South Africa from Côte d'Ivoire.

Great video well represented by the next President of Great Zimbabwe.

I love these blogs. I learned so much about South Africa. Thank you Am a Jamaican living in Canada.

That brother and sister are leadership

About time, I last visit SA back in 1998 after Nelson Mandela was freed, I fell in love with the country and I realised that South African people are so fortunate that they don't need to travel out abroad as they have everything they need in South Africa whereas other African countries they had to go abroad for survival, I said to my British friend who came with me to visit SA that all African countries should unite in love and peace, be free to travel inter within African countries. Oh, I cannot wait to see that my dream will come true one day! African countries will become ONE country wealthy country in the world and no passport or visa is needed.

Love the tour guide very knowledgeable

Such a good insight for surrounding communities. More work is needed.

I use to stay there 12 years ago i almost didn't go for 10 years i miss there

Great content African Tigress... loving it

Your kinds are Zimbos. I kinda instantly picked it up when on the video intro when Steady was speaking. Then i heard, "maiguru", "sekuru" then he greated someone on the streets in flawless shona. I love the vibe of that place. Its got such a lively pulse

Phenomenal content African Tigress. [ I am binged watching your South African videos, and I subscribed.] As an Western, frequently Capetown is shown as an opulent, upscale, Caucasian vicinity. However-I immensely like the intimate communal business mentality of this township. Looks like each proprietor take care of each other. However- the downside is theft and what poverty incurs.[ Like how dude talked about societal ills like: the carnage and xenophobia.] South Africans are ebullient warm folks . God bless that Zimbabwe man in his future presidential endeavors.

Excellent video, thank you so much 🙏🥰🌹

Beautiful township friendly south Africa 🇿🇦😍

what a warm feel all round. They gave you a royal welcome.

The reason i chose to go back to the Eastern Cape is because i got tired of seeing our people living in such conditions..

It's good to see you showing us pt of Africa sister, kip it up we love you

Excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The tour guide awesome he's a genius 👏🏾

Thanks for sharing what life is like in the township.🌷

Wow! From Malawi you in Masi now.bYou just pass by my place. I love this.