Clermont is a

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. 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

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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,

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and

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community and on Sundays one can see the women of each denomination wearing their church uniforms with pride.

Notable residents

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& former

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National Executive Committee member * Muzi Mthabela - Actor, famously known for playing the role of Duma on

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* Msawawa -

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artist, songwriter, and businessman *

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from 2005 to 2008, Executive Director of

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with the rank of

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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)

External links

eThekwini Online
The official site of Durban, South Africa Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality Townships in KwaZulu-Natal {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub