Indians
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The bittersweet story of Tongaat Hulett and its demise
More than a century later, the descendants of indentured Indian labourers, stand to lose their livelihoods as the company faces collapse
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
KwaZulu-Natal races back to 1949
The past week’s violence and looting – and the potential for an orchestrated race war in the province – have evoked haunting scenes from a bitter and bloody history
Indians in South Africa, a historical excerpt
In the book, The Indian Africans, academic Kiru Naidoo explores the society of colonial Natal in the late 1800s to early 1900
PODCAST: De Bijbel
In this Sound Africa podcast, Candice Nolan tries to find the answers she is looking for by looking in an old bible
Response: Six things that white people have that black people don’t
Does Ms Pillay know that the ancestors of most in the Indian community came to South Africa as labourers on the sugar plantations?
The roots of anti-Indian racism
Steve Biko’s vibrant, liberating philosophy is the only solution to the vexed ‘national question’, writes Andile Mngxitama.
Celebrating Indian women in SA
Book reviews: <i>The Eye of the Leopard</i> by Henning Mankell and <i>’Sister outsiders'</i> Devarakshanam Govinden.