The South African Department of Labour has a satellite office in Nyanga.Several government institutions maintain a presence in Nyanga in order to provide various vital services to the community: Government institutions and public services Nyanga comprises nine township subdivisions: Lusaka, KTC, Old Location, Maumau, Zwelitsha, Maholweni "Hostels", White City, Barcelona, Kanana, and Europe. As a result of these fights Tambo square was formed. This led to emergence of the notoriously violent group called "the witdoeke" (the white scarfs). These cultural differences were allegedly used by the police to stir up violence, and elements of the community were infiltrated by the apartheid regime. The local authorities (izibonda) grouped themselves according to their background and used that as their criteria when allocating land. Nyanga became notorious for its black-on-black faction fighting that was allegedly perpetrated by police in the early eighties. Later they were active in the 1976 student uprisings, which had begun on the other side of the country on 16 June 1976 in Soweto against the use of Afrikaans as the primary medium of instruction in schools. Residents of Nyanga were active in joining a national call to protest against the apartheid laws passed in 1960. It was initially established as a spillover once the neighbourhood of Langa was fully occupied. The neighbourhood was established in 1946 and, in the same year, was proclaimed a township for migrant labour predominantly from the Eastern Cape. Nyanga is situated 20 km (12 mi) from Cape Town along the N2 highway, close to the Cape Town International Airport and next to the townships of Gugulethu and Crossroads. In 2001 its unemployment rate was estimated at being approximately 56% and HIV/AIDS is a huge community issue. Nyanga was one of the poorest places in Cape Town and is still is one of the most dangerous parts of Cape Town. In 1948 black migrants were forced to settle in Nyanga as Langa had become too small. It was established as a result of the migrant labour system.
Its name in Xhosa means " moon" and it is one of the oldest black townships in Cape Town. Nyanga is a township in the Western Cape, South Africa.
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