Clermont, KwaZulu-Natal

Clermont
Clermont
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	Coordinates: 29.78333°S 30.9°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Area [1]
• Total	6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	52,075
• Density	7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.5%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	68.8%
• Xhosa	20.3%
• Sotho	5.2%
• English	1.7%
• Other	4.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	3610

Clermont is a township of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Clermont under the apartheid days was a black middle income township. It is surrounded by Westville, Kloof, New Germany and Inanda in the distant. Its main road is called Clermont road and is named after Sir Clermont, a farmer who sold his land. It was the only place in Durban where black people were able to buy property and build houses. Since the end of apartheid Clermont has been sprawling with shacks as people from the rural areas come and seek work opportunities in the nearby suburbs of Westville and New Germany, Pinetown and Durban.

Clermont has a large FM St.John Apostolic Faith Mission,Anglican, Catholic and Wesleyan Church community and on Sundays one can see the women of each denomination wearing their church uniforms with pride.

Notable residents

Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita - business executive in steel, former director of ArcelorMittal South Africa telecommunications and finance. Since March 2014, she has been CEO of the Dutch mining group, IchorCoal N.V., board chairperson of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings
Eric Mtshali - Anti-Apartheid activist, former Member of Parliament of South Africa & former South African Communist Party National Executive Committee member
Muzi Mthabela - Actor, famously known for playing the role of Duma on Isibaya
Msawawa - Kwaito artist, songwriter, and businessman

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References

Municipal Demarcation Board
Community Justice in a Volatile South Africa: Containing Community Conflict, Clermont, Natal by Daniel Nina (Social Justice 20 (3-4) (Fall-Winter 1993): 129-42)

"Main Place Clermont". Census 2011.

External links

eThekwini Online The official site of Durban, South Africa

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[census2011-1] "Main Place Clermont". Census 2011.