Department Of Labour Mitchells Plain

Department Of Labour Mitchells Plain

Department Of Labour Mitchells Plain is a largely Coloured suburb about 32 km (20 mi) from the city of Cape Town. It is one of South Africa’s largest suburbs. It is located on the Cape Flats on the False Bay coast between Muizenberg and Khayelitsha. Conceived of as a “model suburb” by the apartheid government, it was built during the 1970s to provide housing for Coloured victims of forced removal due to the implementation of the Group Areas Act. Though Mitchells Plain is no longer officially a “Coloured suburb,” the overwhelming majority of its residents are still Coloured. The suburb was reportedly named after Mitchell Baker but this is unconfirmed, and is one of a number of possible explanations.