Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal

{{Short description|Town in South Africa}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Chesterville/Bhlekese

| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|29.851|S|30.944|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| 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 = Durban

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/599054041 |title = Sub Place Chesterville |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 2.09

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 15840

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 99.1%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 0.5%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Zulu

| demographics2_info1 = 84.9%

| demographics2_title2 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info2 = 4.5%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 4.0%

| demographics2_title4 = Sotho

| demographics2_info4 = 1.3%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 5.2%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 4091

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 4138

| area_code_type = Area code

}}

Chesterville is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The village lies between Cato Manor and Westville, some 13 km west of Durban. It is named after T. J. Chester, a former manager of the Native Administration Department of Durban.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=116}}

The writer Nat Nakasa was reburied in Chesterville which was his childhood home, after his body was returned from the United States where he died in exile.{{cite web | url=http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/nat-nakasa-challenged-apartheid-system-pen/ | title=Nat Nakasa ‘challenged the apartheid system through the pen’ | publisher=City Press | accessdate=14 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915061459/http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/nat-nakasa-challenged-apartheid-system-pen/ | archive-date=15 September 2014 | url-status=dead }}