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Please remove the crest and the motto - they were phased out after 1994 and are no longer applicable. The only official symbol for Durban is the Dome symbol. Angela Spencer eThekwini Webmaster
If Cape Town is listed as having 2.9m people, and Durban at 2.7m, how does that make Durbs the second-biggest? :) Dewet 14:22, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Pse explain why it is then stated:
'Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa ..... [...] population 2,893,251
Durban (Zulu: eThekwini) is the third most populous city in South Africa [....] the city has a population of almost 3.5 million'
I've moved the part about Durban being the third most populous city to the start (it used to follow "DBN is largest city in KZN"). If I am not mistaken, Durban has historically been the third largest city in SA. Granted, and now the lead section goes like that; but "third largest" means metro size and not solely Durban, so isn't it sort of misleading to speak of Durban as the third largest? Or is that the custom when talking about chief cities and so on in geography articles? Thanks! GeoffreyA (talk) 08:56, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
The statement that Durban "has the most Indians of any city outside India" was not accurate. For example, the 2011 UK census data shows that London has 432k ethnic Indian residents. If this is broadened to include the pre-independence borders for India then the total is 655k See https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160107125615/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-the-united-kingdom---part-1/rft-ks201uk.xls and https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160107125615/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-327143
This is vague: The large number of Indians were brought to work on the plantations and as a result it has the largest Indian population outside of India. Do you mean the largest Indian population outside of India, for a city? But in any case isn't the whole project of linking South African 'Indians' with India is a little problematic: after many generations, the link is a bit tenuous - when do they become South Africans? Consider how odd the sentence would sound if it were changed to the following: Durban has the largest English population outside of England. Psylocybha 01:43, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
I merged the data from Freeways of Durban as the final result from Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Freeways_of_Durban. --Deathphoenix 05:20, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I have removed the reference to DURBAN DEEP in relation to the port. DURBAN DEEP is a gold mine in Gauteng, it had nothing to do with Durban. The reference to the Elton John song DURBAN DEEP has nothing to do with Container Ports.. rather it refers to Gold Mines. there are no gold mines in durban.. jimmyjazz 26 Oct 2005.. 20h00 GMT
eThekwini is the locative of iTheku. itheku means lagoon or harbour, iTheku means Durban, ethekwini means in/at/to/from the lagoon, and eThekwini means in/at/to/from Durban. Joziboy 14 March 2006, 21:15 (UTC)
Isn't that a peculiarly British expression? Maybe Joburg is different, but to us the two forms of school were private and government. Joziboy 5 May 2006, 19:31 (UTC)
The South African Schools Act of 1996 recognised only two categories of schools: public and independent. Public schools are state controlled and independent schools are privately governed. All private schools were included in the independent school category. Raker 05:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Why are the schools listed in this entry? Should this not be in another category? I don't really see the reason for it being on this Wikipedia page. I suggest that just the tertiary institutes be included with maybe a small write up as these are the ones that are of significance in Durban (147.110.251.38 (talk) 12:55, 29 January 2013 (UTC))
The Latin in that motto looks pretty odd. Sure it's right? http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Latin&to=English
Says :- "To weaken Beginning Better Fortune The following" - compare "Better Fortune Follows A Difficult Beginning".
Looks fine to me.. Wizzy…☎ 13:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
This page is absolutely ridiculously written. Somebody has put everything in the picture box and it looks horrible.
"A shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo that draws most of its membership from this sector has begun to vigorously contest the city's treatment of the poor and, in particular, its refusal to provide services to shack settlements and the ongoing illegal evictions in which people are either left homeless or, as under apartheid, forcibly removed to the urban periphery of the city"
I don't know anything about this topic, and that is excactly why I visited the page. However, the quoted text seems a tad bit biased. Anyone competent who can improve the text?
83.108.130.179 (talk) 23:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted the changes again as there was many problems with it.
This whole section is not very neutral at all. FFMG (talk) 11:46, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Original text: "27.9 percent of city residents are unemployed. 88.6 percent of the unemployed are black, 18.3 percent are Coloureds, 8.2 percent are Asians or Indians, and 4.4 percent are White.[6]" The data is inconsistent, because the percentage of unemployed black, Coloured, Asian/Indian and white population sums almost 120%. The source is not precise to verify the origin of the inconsitency. Please provide a precise source or explain the reasons of the (apparent?) inconsitency. Just as a guess: It might be a typo: if the black uneployed population is 68.8 percent, the sum of all groups would be 99.7%. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.23.247.13 (talk) 11:03, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
sir / madam
with all due respect i ask , why are the guys that are doing an honest living day to day by washing cars around the areas mentioned. These guys are getting arrested by police and there equipment getting conviscated. This is now turning these guys into criminals whereby they will turn to robbery,hijacking etc etc. Hope i could be heard here by making a statement and just looking after the better interest of DBN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.121.76.40 (talk) 15:30, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
The entry where Fynn assists in healing some battle wounds Shaka received is slightly incorrect. The wounds were received during a long celebratory dance, an assagay penetrated his left arm and stuck his chest deep enough for him to cough up blood. Fynn washed the cuts with chamomile tea and dressed the wounds while a witchdoctor purged Shaka. A number of others received stab wounds during the same dance and it's generally believed it was some sought of assassination attempt.
Fynn also wasn't granted any land. Farewell drafted an agreement whereby Shaka granted him (Farewll) outright title to Port Natal, some 3500 square miles, on the 7th August 1824. Further the actual agreement itself though now lost, was said to be legally questionable.
Eigersa (talk) 11:01, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
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How can the population of Durban be 3.5 million when the eThwekwini municip. was only 3 million in 2001? Municipality and City is not the same. If Pinetown and Durban are the same thing then Durban has 3.5 million people. If Somerset-West is the same as Cape Town, then will Cape Town have 3.7 Million inhabitants. Bezuidenhout (talk) 19:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Name | Population | Name | Population |
---|---|---|---|
Durban | 536644 | Macala-Gwala | 9359 |
Umlazi | 388687 | Mawotana | 8913 |
Chatsworth | 192166 | Hambanathi | 8568 |
Kwa-Mashu | 175913 | Thoyana | 7886 |
Phoenix | 169163 | Roseneath | 7303 |
Inanda | 153098 | Qadi | 7170 |
Ntuzuma | 114579 | Mpolo | 6914 |
Pinetown | 100037 | Dassenhoek Part 1 | 6823 |
Mpumalanga | 99720 | Luganda | 6121 |
Sobonakhona | 64162 | Hillcrest | 5341 |
Clermont | 57536 | Hazelmere | 5128 |
Verulam | 54645 | Magabeni | 4933 |
Kwadabeka | 52617 | Umgababa | 4059 |
Iqadi | 44532 | Mt Edgecombe | 3874 |
KwaMakhutha | 43781 | Emalangeni | 3606 |
Tongaat | 41055 | Emona | 3188 |
Mawothi | 40465 | Mangangeni/Vumazonke | 3111 |
Westville | 37517 | Umkomaas | 3027 |
Newlands West | 37425 | Assegay | 2930 |
Kloof | 35623 | Ezembeni | 2918 |
Ximba | 34557 | Genazano | 2866 |
Lamontville | 32991 | Redcliffe | 2800 |
KwaNdengezi | 31528 | Naidooville | 2417 |
Queensburgh | 29519 | Elangeni | 2249 |
Folweni | 28759 | La Mercy | 2104 |
Qiniselani Manyuswa | 25878 | Bothas Hill | 1992 |
Kingsburgh | 23812 | Drummond | 1943 |
Unnamed rural areas | 23209 | Umdloti | 1939 |
Luthuli/Umnini Trust | 23008 | Maphunulo | 1769 |
Dassenhoek Part 2 | 22462 | Mwawine | 1460 |
Newlands East | 22444 | Ngqungqulu | 1455 |
Inchanga | 21987 | Amalanga | 1340 |
Ngcolosi | 20166 | Westbrook | 1266 |
Malagazi | 15681 | Cato Ridge | 1059 |
Umhlanga | 15387 | Cibane | 1050 |
Cele/Vumengazi | 15099 | Amawoti | 1038 |
Amanzimtoti | 13437 | Desainager | 994 |
Molweni | 12975 | Oceans | 823 |
Siyanda | 12924 | Tongaat Beach | 735 |
Tshelimnyama | 12731 | Adams Mission | 631 |
New Germany | 12592 | Gcumisa | 593 |
Ilanga | 12236 | Umbumbulu | 304 |
Klaarwater | 12169 | Mount Moreland | 273 |
Amaotana | 10643 | Clansthal | 272 |
Maphephetha | 9814 | Khabazela | 250 |
Embo/Nksa Isimahla | 9771 | Ntshongweni | 201 |
Total (eThekwini Metro) | 3090139 |
Is there a reason for two separate Reference sections? One is smack in the middle of the page; I've never seen that done and thought they were always at the end of an article no matter what.Bobbyandbeans (talk) 21:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
The maximum temperatures quoted in the table under the Climate section, are not the same as the ones referenced at http://old.weathersa.co.za/Climat/Climstats/DurbanStats.jsp
The temperatures on this source's website are actually several degrees lower. Mikejburden (talk) 14:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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Given that there is a section about the Europeans, who are 14-15% of the city's population and there is a section about the European settlement, wouldn't it be reasonable if there was also a section about Indians/Asians that represent around 25% of the city's population? Viet-hoian1 (talk) 06:52, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
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Is this article being used as a WP:Soapbox? It seems to be a long-running gateway for Abahlali baseMjondolo stories, which are given WP:Undue weight. Park3r (talk) 14:10, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
The census figures are being reported uncritically in this article, but these swings seem quite large, particularly for Black Africans and Whites. Was the census area changed, were there methodological issues, or did such huge demographic shifts really happen? Park3r (talk) 00:04, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
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