Tongaat

Tongaat
Aerial view of Tongaat
Tongaat
 Tongaat shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Tongaat
Tongaat (South Africa)
Tongaat
Tongaat (Africa)
Coordinates: 29°34′00″S 31°07′00″E / 29.56667°S 31.11667°E / -29.56667; 31.11667Coordinates: 29°34′00″S 31°07′00″E / 29.56667°S 31.11667°E / -29.56667; 31.11667
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Established 1945
Area[1]
 • Total 11.72 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 42,554
 • Density 3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 41.1%
 • Coloured 1.2%
 • Indian/Asian 56.7%
 • White 0.4%
 • Other 0.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 59.3%
 • Zulu 32.3%
 • Xhosa 3.6%
 • S. Ndebele 1.0%
 • Other 3.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 4399
PO box 4400
Area code 032

Tongaat is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of Durban and 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of Stanger. It now forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, or Greater Durban area. Its population is mostly people of Indian descent. The area is home to the oldest Indian community in South Africa, having been where the first indentured Indian laborers settled in 1860 to work in the sugar-cane plantations.[2] Much of the architectural style in the town was the work of Ivan Mitford-Barberton,[3] and many buildings are in the Cape Dutch style of architecture.

History

Tongaat was established in 1945 and its name was taken from the name of the river which passes by the town:The name of the river, derived from Zulu, is said to mean

In 2017 plans were made for the restoration of the historic railway station building.[5]

Commerce

The town is home to the headquarters of Tongaat Hulett Sugar.[6] Maidstone Sugar Mill, one of the country's first mills, completed in 1850 is nearby.

Sibudu Cave

Sibudu Cave, a cave shelter on the Tongaat River is an important Middle Stone Age site occupied, with some gaps, from 77,000 years ago to 38,000 years ago.[7][8][9][10][11]

Places of worship

Mosques

Churches

Temples

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ Railway Street Mosque is located at 29°34′16″S 31°07′07″E / 29.571111°S 31.118506°E
  2. ↑ The Habibia Soofie Musjid is located at 29°33′54″S 31°07′10″E / 29.565127°S 31.119413°E
  3. ↑ All Saints Church, Maidstone is located at 29°32′38″S 31°08′13″E / 29.544015°S 31.136883°E
  4. ↑ St. John's Anglican Church is located at 29°33′14″S 31°07′23″E / 29.553927°S 31.123011°E
  5. ↑ The AFM church is located at29°34′26″S 31°07′05″E / 29.573789°S 31.118044°E
  6. ↑ Tongaat Baptist Church is located at 29°34′43″S 31°05′48″E / 29.578487°S 31.096609°E
  7. ↑ The Sacred Heart church is located at29°33′25″S 31°07′36″E / 29.556992°S 31.126747°E
  8. ↑ Methodist Church in Chelmsford Heights is located at 29°35′00″S 31°05′54″E / 29.583419°S 31.098256°E
  9. ↑ Westbrook Methodist Church is located at 29°35′37″S 31°09′48″E / 29.593612°S 31.163317°E
  10. ↑ The Jugannath Puri Temple is located at 29°34′30″S 31°06′40″E / 29.574978°S 31.111199°E
  11. ↑ Brake Village Temple is located at 29°34′32″S 31°07′14″E / 29.575437°S 31.120452°E
  12. ↑ The Vishwaroop Temple is located at 29°34′28″S 31°06′38″E / 29.574494°S 31.110447°E
  13. ↑ Tongaat South Vishnu Temple is located at 29°34′48″S 31°05′57″E / 29.580116°S 31.099204°E
  14. ↑ Shree Veeraboga Emperumal Temple is located at 29°33′46″S 31°07′18″E / 29.562832°S 31.121659°E
  15. ↑ Sandfields Siva Subramaniar Temple is located at 29°32′27″S 31°08′27″E / 29.540963°S 31.140891°E

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Tongaat". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Watson 1960, p. 76, Ch 6.
  3. ↑ Watson 1960, p. 200.
  4. ↑ Raper 1989, p. 433.
  5. ↑ Hitchcock, Lynn (26 January 2017). "Former railway station revamp proposed". News24. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  6. ↑ Chalmin 1990, p. 544.
  7. ↑ "Howiesons Poort may prove humans were 'home bodies' 58,000 years ago". businesslive.co.za. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  8. ↑ "Local boy rewrites human history". North Coast Courier. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  9. ↑ Troskie, Allan (12 August 2017). "Sibudu rock shelter set for heritage status?". North Coast Courier. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  10. ↑ MNGOMA, NOSIPHO (15 April 2016). "Alien wars in Durban cave". Daily News. Durban. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  11. ↑ BORKHATARIA, CECILE (10 October 2017). "When ancient humans began to 'settle down': Stone Age tools reveal people shifted from mobile lifestyle 58,000 years ago". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  12. ↑ Harrison 2004, p. 81.
  13. ↑ "Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh". South African History Online. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  14. ↑ Oppenheimer & Bayer 2007, p. 247.

  • Chalmin, Philippe (1990). The Making of a Sugar Giant: Tate and Lyle, 1859-1989. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-3-7186-0434-0.
  • Harrison, Philip (2004). South Africa's Top Sites: Spiritual. New Africa Books. ISBN 978-0-86486-564-9.
  • Oppenheimer, Gerald M.; Bayer, Ronald (2007). Shattered Dreams: An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530730-6.
  • Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. J. Ball. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2.
  • Watson, Robert George Theodor (1960). Tongaati: An African Experiment. Hutchinson.

Further reading

  • Hale, Emiline (1928). The thrills of Tiny Tongaat. Religious Tract Society.
  • Reddy, E (1977). Religion and Rituals Amongst Hindus in Tongaat. University of Durban-Westville, Department of Anthropology. *Robert George Theodor, Watson (1960). Tongaati: an African experiment. Hutchinson.
  • Petraglia, Michael D.; de la Peña, Paloma; Wadley, Lyn (2017). "Technological variability at Sibudu Cave: The end of Howiesons Poort and reduced mobility strategies after 62,000 years ago". PLOS ONE. 12 (10): e0185845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185845. ISSN 1932-6203.
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