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This thesis combines an accessibility model and qualitative interviews to assess the application of a model created in a Western context to a case study in the Global South. This research presents five main research questions: (1) How is poverty spatially distributed in Cape Town?, (2) What is the spatial distribution of accessibility to services?, (3) What is the relationship between inaccessibility to services and poverty? (4) How do people in well-connected areas experience transportation disadvantage? And (5) What survival strategies do people in well-connected areas use to overcome challenges due insufficient public transportation? To determine the relationship between accessibility and poverty in Cape Town, the spatial distribution of poverty was first mapped. Poverty is considered multidimensional, or based on non-income factors like living conditions, education, employment, etc., which challenges the idea that poverty is based solely on income. Then, accessibility to services was mapped using a Geographic Information Science (GIS) model called the Land Use and Public Transportation Accessibility Index (LUPTAI). The poverty and accessibility maps where then overlaid to compare the relationship between the two. From this overlay, Langa, Cape Town’s first black township, was chosen for interviews. Langa was found to have high accessibility and high poverty. The experiences of public transportation and access to services by 30 Langa residents was explored through semi-structured interviews. Residents were asked about the challenges they face due to insufficient transportation and the strategies used to overcome these issues. The GIS portion of this research shows that multidimensional poverty is predominantly located on the outskirts of Cape Town. Both poor and rich areas are accessible and inaccessible by public transportation, meaning there was not a strict relationship between accessibility and poverty. Findings from the interviews suggest that although Langa was identified as a highly accessible ward by the LUPTAI model, residents still struggle to reach services. These challenges are due to unaffordable, unsafe, and unreliable public transportation. Additionally, public transportation is only available at certain hours of the day and to certain areas in the city. To overcome issues with public transportation, Langa residents will walk long distances, rely on informal forms of public transit, and will use and create services within and around Langa. These findings have brought to light some of the considerations that must be made when applying a Western model to the South. The local context must be considered and Western accessibility models should not be applied to a Southern context without awareness of their shortcomings. This study also displays the importance of mixed-methods research. It has identified the limitations of the LUPTAI model through qualitative interviews. If transport planning were to be done based on an accessibility model alone, Cape Town would seemingly have suitable coverage in many of the areas where public transportation coverage is needed. However, the interviews conducted in this study show that it is not simply the presence of a transit node that is important, but that other economic and social factors must be incorporated into transit planning.