Talk:KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal

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[edit] Name

Has the name officially changed or is this just the local name given to Stanger? On all my maps and when I was down there last year 2004 it was still Stanger.--Jcw69 11:11, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Just a guess, but KwaDukuza could be the name of the local municipality that contains Stanger, and Stanger is still the name of the town. No proof for that, but I have added citation required tags to the claim about the "name change". Lots of people still seem to get confused about the difference between a municipality, and the towns in that municipality, even though the new municipalities are 7 years old. Park3r 19:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I've lived in KwaDukuza for the past 20 years. The official name is KwaDukuza, the local municipality is named KwaDukuza, and the district municipality is iLembe. Although most people still refer to it as Stanger, it's just one of those things that will be hard to change; but how can we start if people still refer to the town as Stanger? - Kish

See discussion below, on the what a local municipality is. Park3r (talk) 16:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Kishyr (talk • contribs) 20:40, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


Hey Guys

The name of the City of Stanger was changed back to that of Kwa Dukuza about 9 years ago. The Municipality is the district of Illembe.

The local Indian and White population still call the town Stanger and many of the local road signs also still show directions Stanger. To confirm the name of Kwa Dukuza just take a look at the city's web site.

By the way, the museum's correct name is also Kwa Dukuza Museum. The Post Office though has not been renamed, probably due to the mismanagement and corruption endemic in that institution. As far as I know, this is the only government institution that has not changed its name. All the banks and financial houses have also changed their names. Some of the suburbs of the City still use the old name for example Stanger Manor and Stanger Heights.

And how about an apocryphal story about the town, It was claimed that the early white settlers built the large prison for Zulus and other black people directly where Chaka Zulu’s hut had been. This was so the Zulus could be close to their spiritual leader (as an insult to the blacks)… The prison is still in the center of the city. A South African Historian, Eric Rosenthal couldn’t confirm or refute this story, 35 or 40 years ago.

Let’s show some respect for the great warrior Chaka/Shaka and call his town by it's correct name, even if you redirect searches on Stanger to Kwa Dukuza.

Kind regards from New Guelderland, a farming area just outside the typical African, rather dirty City of Kwa Dukuza (Stanger) John Bond

See discussion below, on the what a local municipality is. Park3r (talk) 16:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Understanding the difference between district municipalities, local municpalities, and towns

The Local Municipality is KwaDukuza, the district municipality is iLembe. for more information about what a district municipality is see: District municipality (South Africa). For an expnanation of what a local municipality is, see Local municipality (South Africa). KwaDukuza, whatever the merits of the name, is, according to the municipal demaractions board [1], a local municipality, and since Wikipedia is for the way things are, rather than the way we them to be what we may think the "correct" name should be is irrelevant. For another example of this, see PretoriaPark3r (talk) 16:38, 25 November 2007 (UTC)