Public Articles: South Africa
The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, Department of History, University of the Western Cape
“The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 to develop the sugar industry in this province.”
By SAHO
Photo credit: The Internet Archive
“Due to the country’s violent colonial past, segregataion and oppression, the history of the press in South Africa is divided into racial groups…”
By: The Journalist
“South Africans of Indian origin comprise a heterogeneous community distinguished by different origins, languages, and religious beliefs…”
By South African History Online
Photo credit: The British Library via Flickr
“The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal...”
By South African History Online
“South Africa's history of indentured labor leaves behind a legacy of violence against women among the country's South Asian population.”
“It is worth remembering that the movement of statues, beheading Columbus in Boston or throwing the slave trader Colston in Bristol, was preceded by a proposal to unbolt the statue of Gandhi…”
By Khal Torabully
Photo credit: By András Osvát - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
“The South African activist and man of letters used language as a weapon to defend the marginalised and reflect upon the people, places and culture that defined him.”
By Niren Tolsi
(9 August 2021) Dear Aunti, with Love from Robben Island: Remembering Phyllis Naidoo by Annie Devenish
(9 August 2021) Textiles carry a living history in ‘Nanima’s Chest’ by Youlendree Appasamy
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-09-textiles-carry-a-living-history-in-nanimas-chest/
(18 July 2021) Reflecting on a week of mayhem and the quality of our humanity by Iman Rappetti
(7 April 2021) The first, rough draft of history: How journalism has helped not just report, but shape the course of South Africa by Keyan G Tomaselli
(11 December 2020) Quest for 100 core South African flavours by Anna Trapido
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-12-11-quest-for-100-core-south-african-flavours/
(27 November 2020) Racism by and against Indian South Africans poisons our land by Imraan Buccus
(25 November 2020) Lest we forget: Indian indentured labourers of 1860 paved the way for the youth of 2020 by Kaylene Moddley
(21 November 2020) Indian Africans and the struggle for South African freedom by Imraan Buccus
(17 November 2020) Memorialising the 1860 Indian indentured labourers – static versus living monuments by Brij Maharaj
(16 November 2020) Part 1: Behind the God-swapping in the South African Indian community by P. Pratap Kumar
(15 November 2020) Memorialising Indian indentured labour: A monumental African tale that keeps wagging by Ashwin Desi
(12 November 2020) Diwali and indentured Indian labour in South Africa: Light and hope transcend darkness by Brij Maharaj
(28 October 2020) Low-key plans for 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian labourers in South Africa by Purnal Poonusamy
(17 September 2020) Race: An artificial construct to justify Europe’s lust for wealth and profit through merciless vandalism by Oscar van Heerden
(17 November 2019) SA Indians face challenges of identity by Brij Maharaj
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2019-11-17-sa-indians-face-challenges-of-identity/
(14 June 2019) Durban Curry: The Taste of Freedom by Tony Jackman
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-06-14-durban-curry-the-taste-of-freedom/
(12 February 2019) US politician corrected by journalist Gayle King after he calls slaves 'indentured servants' by Katie Warren
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/ralph-northam-calling-slaves-indentured-servants-gayle-king-2019-2
(29 November 2018) Remembering Indentured Labourers by Andile Sithole
(29 November 2018) Commemorating the 1860s by Coastal Weekly
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/local/coastal-weekly/commemorating-the-1860s-20181122
(26 November 2018) Activists demand inquest into murder of Selvan Guruvadu and others – 105 years later by Kaveel Singh
(22 November 2018) Preserving and celebrating heritage by Andile Sithole
(21 June 2018) On the Indian Question in South Africa: A response to mob psychologists by Dali Mpofu
(23 November 2017) 1860 Indentured Labourers Foundation conference held by Coastal Weekly
(23 November 2017) Indentured labourers’ legacy goes on by Coastal Weekly
(13 November 2017) Monument to the indentured – or figment of the imagination? by Brij Maharaj
(9 November 2017) 1860 Indentured Labourers Foundation, Verulam to host conference by Coastal Weekly
(13 Jul 2017) Biennial meeting hosted by Coastal Weekly
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/local/coastal-weekly/biennial-meeting-hosted-20170707
(7 August 2015) Chinese in Africa: Soap sellers and bridge builders by Richard Poplak
(2 August 2015) The bitter story of South African Sugar by Grethe Koen
https://www.news24.com/citypress/trending/the-bitter-story-of-south-african-sugar-20150802
(11 March 2014) Much more than 12 Years a Slave by J Brooks Spector
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-03-11-much-more-than-12-years-a-slave/
(29 November 2013) The protest that changed the world by Nalini Naidoo
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/the-protest-that-changed-the-world-20150430
(27 September 2010) A brave and adventurous man by Shunmugum Pillay
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/a-brave-and-adventurous-man-20150430
(30 August 2010) A true matriarch by R. Moodley
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/a-true-matriarch-20150430
(2 August 2010) They came from the East by Joy B. Brain
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/they-came-from-the-east-20150430
(5 March 2010) The soul of the struggle by Nalini Naidoo
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/the-soul-of-the-struggle-20150430
(14 January 2009) Minorities and justice by Margaret von Klemperer
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/minorities-and-justice-20150430
(8 October 2008) Started by immigrants, temple became cultural hub by Nalini Naidoo
https://www.news24.com/witness/archive/started-by-immigrants-temple-became-cultural-hub-20150430