KwaMashu
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 45 ′ 1 ″ S , 30 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| metropolis | eThekwini | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| height | 89 m | ||
| surface | 21.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 175,663 (2011) | ||
| density | 8,181.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1957 | ||
 Durban Metrorail station in KwaMashu
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KwaMashu is a place in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and belongs to the metropolitan municipality eThekwini .
geography
In 2011, KwaMashu had 175,663 residents. 91 percent of residents say isiZulu is their mother tongue. After Durban in the south is about 15 kilometers. Inanda and Ntuzuma are further towns of eThekwini in the vicinity . Together they are briefly referred to as INK; INK has over half a million inhabitants and is considered a development focus because of its poverty.
KwaMashu is divided into smaller parts ( sub places ), such as Besters, Corovoca Township, Emlanjeni, Enkanyisweni, Ezikhalini and Mount Moriah.
history
The name means “place of Marshall” in isiZulu, which means the former sugar cane pioneer Marshall Campbell. As part of the Group Areas Act , black South Africans were forcibly relocated from their traditional residential areas to newly built townships , including many blacks from Cato Manor who came to KwaMashu, one of the first townships near Durban . In 1956, the construction of the settlement on the area of former sugar cane farms was approved, house construction began in 1957, so that the place could be settled from 1958.
In 1960 the ISibonelo High School was founded here , one of the first high school educational institutions for black students in the province of Natal. Some alumni have become well-known personalities in the country, such as Jeff Radebe , TD Ndlovu (Minister of Education of the Province) and Dumisane Zungu (Gynecologist). Govan Mbeki was a principal and the later South African Vice President and Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete worked as a teacher.
In 1977, KwaMashu came to Homeland KwaZulu , which existed until 1994. In 2000, KwaMashu became part of the metropolitan municipality eThekwini.
economy
KwaMashu is primarily a place of residence; many residents commute to work. In KwaMashu there is the Ekhaya Multi Arts Center.
traffic
The place is connected to the road network via local roads (including motorways ).
The KwaMashu – Umlazi – Line of the Metrorail Durban serves KwaMashu in local transport by rail. Two serious railway accidents occurred here :
- On October 4, 1965, a train derailed . At least 81 people died.
- On February 1, 1986, two trains collided as a result of a signal failure . 39 people died and around 70 were also injured.
Personalities
- Henry Cele (1949–2007), football player and actor, lived in KwaMashu for a long time
- Jeff Radebe (* 1953), politician, born in Cato Manor, grew up in KwaMashu after his expulsion from Cato Manor
- Leleti Khumalo (* 1970), actress, born in KwaMashu
Web links
- South African History Online : KwaMashu . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 2011 Census: KwaMashu , accessed May 12, 2016.
- ^ A b Republic of South Africa, Department of Provincial and Local Government: Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu (INK) Nodal Economic Development Profile . online at www.durban.gov.za (English, PDF)
- ↑ INK at durban.gov.za (English), accessed on May 12, 2016
- ^ Winston Mano: Racism, ethnicity and the media in Africa: mediating conflict in the twenty-first century. IB Tauris, 2015, ISBN 9781780767062 , p. 84. Excerpts from books.google.de .
- ↑ Isibonelo Secondary School: About Us . on www.isibonelosecondary.co.za (English)
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 210.