▁Village ▁and ▁No ord ho ek . ▁ ▁Initial ly ▁known ▁as ▁Site ▁ 5 , ▁the ▁town ship ▁was ▁renamed ▁M asi ph ume le le ▁by ▁its ▁residents , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁X h osa ▁word ▁meaning ▁" let ▁us ▁succeed ". ▁ ▁About ▁ 4 0 0 - 5 0 0 ▁people ▁first ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁During ▁apart heid ▁residents ▁were ▁contin ually ▁removed ▁to ▁the ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Kh ay el it sha , ▁over ▁ 3 0   km ▁away , ▁but ▁the ▁numbers ▁began ▁to ▁grow ▁as ▁apart heid ▁began ▁to ▁un ra vel ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁about ▁ 8 0 0 0 ▁residents ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁area , ▁mostly ▁in ▁sh acks , ▁but ▁by ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁over ▁ 2 6 0 0 0 ▁people ▁lived ▁there , ▁many ▁in ▁brick ▁homes . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁population ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁ 3 8 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Many ▁are ▁from ▁the ▁old ▁C iske i ▁b ant ust an ▁in ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Cape . ▁ ▁A men ities ▁are ▁scar ce , ▁with ▁an ▁over c row ded ▁school , ▁no ▁police ▁station , ▁and ▁an ▁under st aff ed ▁day ▁clin ic , ▁while ▁it ' s ▁estimated ▁that ▁ 3 0 - 4 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁are ▁inf ected ▁with