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Amandawe Mission also known as simply Amandawe, or often informally abbreviated as AMA is a small township located at KwaZulu-Natal South Coast region of South Africa, with neighbouring towns including Scottburgh, and neighbouring villages including Amahlongwa Mission, Renishaw Hills, KwaCele and Dududu.The area is mostly populated with Black Africans.[1]

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Amandawe
Township
Amandawe Mission
Community hall at Amandawe Mission
Motto:  Home Swt Home
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Coordinates: 30°15′28″S 30°43′5″E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu District Municipality
Municipality	Umdoni Local Municipality
Established	1899
Named for	Ancestry
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Mayor	Sizwe Ngcobo
Area
• Total	6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	11,343
• Density	366.51/km2 (949.3/sq mi)
Demonym	Amandawean
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black Africans	99.74%
• Coloured	0.07%
• Indian/Asian	0.08%
• White	0.04%
• Other	0.06%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	1.70%
• Zulu	94.34%
• Afrikaans	0.22%
• Xhosa	0.78%
• Other	2.96%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4172
PO box	4180
Area code	039

History

Amandawe was a sugarcane farm before developing to a township. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in the area and showed that the use of medicinal plants has remained popular for historical and ancestral reasons thus the town is named for Ancestry[2]

Etymology

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Amandawe is a Zulu word relating to the ancestors,because of the community's belief to ancestors.^{[citation needed]}

Demography

Amandawe Mission
2015 Estimate[3]	A.M.A
Total population	11,054
Population change, 1975–2015	+224.2%
Population change,2000–2015	+38.1%
Population density (people/sqkm)	1,683.79

The population of Amandawe, as recorded in the 2011 census, was 11,343 people living in 2,469 households.[1]

Religion

The township has different religions, namely:

• Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa

  

• Assemblies of God
• Roman Catholic Church
• Zion Christian Church

Geography

Different plant species are located all over the township. It also has a river named after it called Amandawe River. The township people generally use the plant species in the area to make medicine (muti) to help others or themselves.[4]

Sports

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Amandawe is a sport active township mainly on football (Amandawe F.C), netball, and other sports. Most sporting events in the area takes place at Amandawe Sport Ground. The Amandawe League invites teams outside the township to compete in the league such as Alaska F.C, Scottburgh F.C (The Amigos), Pholas F.C, New Age F.C, etc.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

The economy of the township is still thriving through the small local businesses in the area. The citizens depend on the neighboring towns, Scottburgh, Umzinto and Umkomaas for water and sanitation, health, police, and other services, because infrastructural development in the township is very slow.

Transport

Road

The P188[5]^{[dead link]} also known as Dududu Rd runs through the township, it has a length of 3.98 km. The road connects the R102 and R197.[6]

Wildlife

The township is known for a number of creatures like brown house snakes^{[disambiguation needed]}, black mambas,[7] vervet monkeys, Indian Myna, Hadada ibis, and the spotted bush snake.

See also

• KwaZulu-Natal South Coast
• Umdoni Local Municipality

References

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