Clermont, KwaZulu-Natal

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

Clermont
Clermont
Clermont
Coordinates: 29.78333°S 30.9°E / -29.78333; 30.9
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Area
 • Total6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total52,075
 • Density7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.5%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu68.8%
 • Xhosa20.3%
 • Sotho5.2%
 • English1.7%
 • Other4.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
3610

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
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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)
  1. "Main Place Clermont". Census 2011.


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