1949 Pogroms

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1949: Rumours of a black teenager being attacked by an Indian shopkeeper sparked days of violence in Durban, with an eventual casualty list of 100 dead and 500 injured. Photo: Bettmann

Indians were the soft target of looting insurgents’ Plan B

The recent violence has been a cruel reminder for many South African Indians of the 1949 anti-Indian pogroms in KwaZulu-Natal

Quraysha Ismail Sooliman