Clermont is a
township of
Durban in
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
,
South Africa.
Clermont under the apartheid days was a black middle income township. Its immediate surroundings include
KwaDabeka to the north,
New Germany to the west,
Westville to the south and
Reservoir Hills
Reservoir Hills is a suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is administered by the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its postal code is 4091. It was named after the local reservoir located at the highest peak and the vast rollin ...
to the east. 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
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
,
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
Nonkululeko Merina Cheryl Nyembezi, also Nku (born 22 March 1960), is a South African engineer, businesswoman and corporate executive who was appointed Chairperson-designate at Standard Bank Group and Standard Bank of South Africa, on 10 May 2 ...
- 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
Alexander Forbes Group Holdings, commonly referred to as Alexforbes is a diversified financial services organisation. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a presence in two other countries on the African continent: Na ...
*
Baleka Mbete -
Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
The Speaker of the National Assembly presides over the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa. The speaker is chosen from among the Members of the Assembly at its first sitting following a general el ...
from May 2014 to May 2019
* Eric Mtshali -
Anti-Apartheid activist, former Member of
Parliament of South Africa
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces. The current twenty-seve ...
& 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
*
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka -
Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 to 2008, Executive Director of
UN Women with the rank of
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-s ...
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)
External links
eThekwini OnlineThe official site of Durban, South Africa
Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Townships in KwaZulu-Natal
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