EPIC MEMORIES OF THE DURBAN JULY by Kiru Naidoo & Selvan Naidoo

3 Jul 20243 Jul 2024

South Africa's top horseracing extravaganza can meld together the finest ingredients of an epic Hollywood movie. The Durban July’s magical appeal delivers subplots that range from adrenalin-pumping action to underworld…

The Protector, Plantocracy, and Indentured Labour in Natal, 1860–1911 By Goolam Vahed

18 Jun 202418 Jun 2024

ABSTRACT  Between 1860 and 1911, a total of 152,641 Indian indentured workers arrived in the then British Colony of Natal. The first group of workers who returned home in 1871…

In Search of My Indentured Roots.

14 Nov 202320 Nov 2023

CAMACHEE'S STORY by Selvan Naidoo The ancestors curl and dry to scrolls of parchment.They lie like textsWaiting to be written by the childrenFor whom they hacked and ploughed and saved…

Worker Shackles in Tired Democracies.

1 May 20232 May 2023

Commemorating Worker’s Day by Selvan Naidoo Trawling through the recently donated Leader Newspapers photographic collection housed at the 1860 Heritage Centre, one is overwhelmed with the depth of history that…

Yoked by Indian Identity by Fiona Khan

1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023

Cultural Appropriation in the 2nd Industrial Revolution and Liberated in the Post-Feminist Techno-highway: Women of Indian Origin in Africa and Beyond. Fiona Khan: Founder & Director - Global Forum 4…

The Belvedere and the ‘Coolie Trade’ by Selvan Naidoo

4 Oct 2022

Today, 162 years ago on the 4th October 1860, a ship called the Belvedere disembarked from the port city of Calcutta(now Kolkata) carrying 342 labourers destined to the port city…

A History of indentured immigrants to Antoinette, Mauritius (1770 -1921) by Satyendra Peerthum

21 Sep 202221 Sep 2022

This year marks the 188st anniversary of the arrival of the indentured labourers in Mauritius. The specific historic event that is being commemorated is the landing on 2nd November 1834…

The Amazing Journey of RAJWANTIA: Colonial Number 76468

25 Aug 202226 Aug 2022

A story told by three of her descendants: Kasturi Chetty, Kaliani Lyle, and Sanusha Naidu Twenty-two year old widow Rajwantia, indenture number 76468,  arrived to Port Natal aboard the Umlazi XI with her son 3 year old…

END PHARMACEUTICAL MONOPOLIES TO ENSURE GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY

15 Jun 202215 Jun 2022

South Africa must say no to rich nations and WTO bullying in Geneva by Yousuf Vawda, Fatima Hassan & Tian Johnson Developing countries should not be coerced into accepting a bad…

We shall Resist! by Kiru Naidoo & Selvan Naidoo

12 Jun 202213 Jun 2022

76th Anniversary of the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign 13 June 2022, marks the 76th anniversary of the passive resistance campaign in 1946. The Natal Indian Congress launched its campaign of passive…