THIS article examines the role of pîrs (saints), mazârs (shrines) and 'urs (death anniversaries) in forging Islamic culture and identity in South Africa, whose minority Muslim population of approximately one million originates mainly in the Indian sub-continent a
This pioneer economic and social history brings together specialized research in the form of twelve essays dealing with closely intermeshed themes: harbour and railway development, the ecology of Natal, ruthless exploitation of its human and natural resources, and the consequences of Indian immig
In 1894 Gandhi helped found the Natal Indian Congress, to unify local Indians into a political force, and became the first secretary. In September of the same year, Gandhi became the first Indian to be enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Natal.
