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South Africa's rich-poor divide, captured by drone
About 25 miles east of Cape Town lies Nomzamo, a township with a rough population of 60,000 and a population density of 44,000 per square mile. About 25 miles east of Cape Town lies Strand, a seaside resort with a rough population of 55,000 and a population density of 6,700 per square mile. United by geography, the two suburban areas are divided by all else, including a buffer zone supported by fencing. The predominant language of Strand is Afrikaans, while in Nomzamo it's Xhosa. Strand is structured suburbia for the middle classes, Nomzamo is the legacy of decades of apartheid, born from the Lwandle settlement.
