Duduza is a township west of Nigel on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa.

It was established in 1964 when Africans were resettled from Charterston because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town.

A state of emergency was imposed in July 1985 and the South African Army was called in as the violence peaked.

It is also recorded as the first place where a 'Necklacing' was filmed, when 'Maki Skosana' was burned to death by using a tire filled with petrol.

[3] Duduza has produced prominent figures such as Speaker of the Gauteng Province Legislature Ntombi Mekgwe, Vuyo Mokoena named the King of South African gospel, Emma Mkhwanazi former lead singer of the IPCC, Professor Njabulo Ndebele, and Mondy Johannes Motloung who was an MK Cadre and political activists in pursuit of social justice, freedom and equality in South Africa.