# Mandeni

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"Mandini" redirects here. For the Italian operatic baritone, see [Stefano Mandini](/source/Stefano_Mandini).

Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mandini Mandini Show map of KwaZulu-Natal Mandini Show map of South Africa Coordinates: 29°09′25″S 31°24′29″E / 29.157°S 31.408°E / -29.157; 31.408 Country South Africa Province KwaZulu-Natal District iLembe Municipality Mandeni Area [1] • Total 18.02 km2 (6.96 sq mi) Population (2011)[1] • Total 3,904 • Density 216.6/km2 (561.1/sq mi) Racial makeup (2011) [1] • Black African 54.8% • Coloured 4.4% • Indian/Asian 14.9% • White 24.6% • Other 1.4% First languages (2011) [1] • Zulu 47.8% • English 31.9% • Afrikaans 14.8% • Other 5.4% Time zone UTC+02:00 (SAST) Postal code (street) 4490 Area code 032

**Mandeni** (also **Mandini**) is a town in [iLembe District Municipality](/source/ILembe_District_Municipality) in the [KwaZulu-Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal) province of South Africa.

The town is roughly 22 km north-east of [Stanger](/source/Stanger) and 96 km north of Durban.

The town has four shopping centres, namely: Mandeni shopping centre, where most residents go, Sundumbili plaza, Gcaleka Shopping centre (also known as KwaGcaleka) and Mandeni Mall. It has seven township sections, all falling under Sundumbili township. These sections are Bhidla, Sikhalambazo, Thokoza, Dark City, Red Hill, Island (sometimes referred to as Ireland), Chappies and White City. There is also a suburb which accommodated only [White people](/source/White_South_Africans) during the [apartheid](/source/Apartheid) era known as eKwatasi. The town has many factories and attracts workers from near and afar. Most factories are at an industrial area known as KwaSithebe. The biggest employer is [Sappi](/source/Sappi), the largest paper manufacturer in South Africa.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The [Tugela River](/source/Tugela_River) flows through Mandeni and the mouth of the river is 10 km from the town center.

On 28 and 27 December 2020, a rather high maximum temperature of 43.2 °C (109.8 °F) was registered.[2]

## Notable people

- [Vusi Ximba](/source/Vusi_Ximba), musician

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-3) ["Main Place Mandini"](http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/591013). *Census 2011*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["68494: Mandini (South Africa)"](http://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=68494&ano=2020&mes=12&day=28&hora=12&min=0&ndays=30). *ogimet.com*. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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