Shallcross | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -29.887°N 30.877°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | eThekwini |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Subdivision Name4: | Queensburgh |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.71 |
Population Total: | 14514 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 12.8% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 1.5% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 85.2% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.3% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | English |
Demographics2 Info1: | 87.2% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info2: | 5.1% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info3: | 3.8% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info4: | 1.3% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.6% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 4093 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 4079 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Shallcross is a suburb of Durban, South Africa.
Shallcross experienced intermittent gang violence from 2019 to 2021.[2] In January 2021 Yaganathan “Teddy Bear Mafia” Pillay became the 8th victim in an ongoing turf war over drug distribution and sales.[3] A relative of Pillay alleged that the police had failed to arrest any of the killers, and may have been bribed.[4] In one of several drive-by shootings following these murders, a 52 year old man died on 8 March in Taurus street.[5]