Masiphumelele is a township on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, Capri Village and Noordhoek.

Amenities are scarce, with an overcrowded school, no police station, and an understaffed day clinic, while it is estimated that 30-40% of the community are infected with HIV and/or TB.

[4][5] On May 12, 2008, a series of riots started in the township of Alexandra (in the north-eastern part of Johannesburg) when locals attacked migrants from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Several days after immigrant-owned shops were looted and foreigners attacked, Masiphumelele residents publicly apologised and asked them to return.

High rates of violent crime and a lack of appropriate policing in the area resulted in serious protest action by the community in 2015.