Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

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Girmitya tales : an odyssey

The British settlers’ (c1840s) saw sugar as a viable export commodity but there was a serious shortage of labour. The fate of the colony “hangs on a thread, the thread is labour (Natal Mercury, April 1859).

TURBANS AND TOP HATS Indian Interpreters in the Colony of Natal, 1880-1910

This dissertation is concerned with an historical examination of Indian Interpreters in the British Colony of Natal during the period, 1880 to 1910.

Apartheid Laws (1948-1994)

Apartheid Legislation in South Africa
Starting in 1948, the Nationalist Government in South
Africa enacted laws to define and enforce segregation.

Letter on behalf of Russel Maphanga from A.N.Verwer

Letter on behalf of Russel Maphanga from A.N. Verwer

Letter to Ron, Eileen and Bernard from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter to Ron, Eileen and Bernard from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter to Rita and Cynthia from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Rita and Cynthia

Passive Resistance in Natal 1946-8

Lack of development in the de facto Indian residential areas encouraged,
in the early 1940's, a growing nwnber of prosperous Indians to buy homes,
for both residential and investment purposes, in the predominantly European

Valliamma Moodliar (Passive Resister died 1913)

The late Miss Valiamina Moodaly
who died after serving a term of imprisonment as a
Passive Resister

Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)

The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later named the TIC when India was no longer under British control.

Letters to Vas, Jay, Asheka and Jaya from Phyllis Naidoo

Letters from Phyllis Naidoo to Jay, Vas, Asheka and Jaya

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Maggie, Harold, Suzie and Jo

Letter to Maggie, Harold, Suzie and Jo from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter to Judith from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Judith

Letter to Jerry and Nomalisa have Phyylis Naidoo

Letter to Jerry and Nomalisa congratulating them on the birth of their baby boy

Letters to Elred from Phyllis Naidoo

Letters from Phyllis Naidoo to Elred

Sports and the liberation struggle : a tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport

In South Africa, as nowhere else, sports boycott made a great contribution to liberation. The Indian community can be proud that Indian sportspersons and administrators were in the vanguard of this front of the anti-apartheid struggle.

Natal Indian Congress (NIC)

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.

Indian South Africans (1977)

South Africans who originate from the Indian sub- continent form a distinct minority group, identifiable by history, race, culture and status, and subjected to specific discrimination.

Background to Indian South African

The history of Indian South Africans begin as early as 1652 with the arrival of Muslim exiles at the Cape under the Dutch East India Company Rule.

Letter to Mrs Cowley from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Mrs Cowley

Letter to Cecilia from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Cecilia

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