It is common knowledge that Indians came to South Africa in two categories, namely as indentured Indians and as 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a triangular pact among three governments; and the latter, mainly traders ever alert to new opportunities abroad, came at their own expense from India, Mauritius, and other places.
| Contents |
| Foreword |
| Acknowledgements |
| Preface |
| PART 1: ALIENS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1860-1914 |
| Social situations |
| Introduction |
| 1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages |
| 2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned |
| 3. Charge of assault against an estate manager |
| 4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate |
| 5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law |
| 6. Tonight, have your door open |
| 7. Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court |
| 8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India |
| 9. In search of better employment |
| 10. Seedat writes to his brother in India |
| 11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal |
| 12. The pickled money-order receipt |
| 13. Wife lays bigamy charge |
| 14. Suicide among indentured labourers |
| 15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed |
| 16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal |
| 17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train |
| 18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child |
| 19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws |
| 20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status |
| 21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus |
| 22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah |
| Trade and residence |
| Introduction |
| 23. Durban merchants plead for Sunday trading |
| 24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884 |
| 25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders |
| 26. Johannesburg merchants answer their detractors |
| 27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision |
| 28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders |
| 29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified |
| 30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers |
| 31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act |
| Immigration |
| Introduction |
| 32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894 |
| 33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897 |
| 34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903 |
| 35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony |
| 36. The fault of Indian immigrants is their poverty and their skin |
| 37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
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| Constitutional and political issues |
| Introduction |
| 38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs |
| 39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899 |
| 40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion |
| 41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906 |
| 42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union |
| 43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
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| Satyagraha |
| Introduction |
| 44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’ |
| 45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906 |
| 46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained |
| 47. The assault on Gandhi |
| 48. Breach of the compromise |
| 49. The certificates are burned |
| 50. The campaign resumed in 1913 |
| 51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends |
| 52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914 |
| 53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India |
| Part II: The search for equality, 1914-1982 |
| Compromise on trial, 1914-1946 |
| Introduction |
| 54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924 |
| 55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925 |
| 56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed |
| 57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism |
| 58. Congress has sold our rights |
| 59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement |
| 60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927 |
| 61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry |
| 62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme |
| 63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond |
| 64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946 |
| Protest and emerging defiance, 1947-1960 |
| Introduction |
| 65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945 |
| 66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate |
| 67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947 |
| 68. Indian passive resistance, 1946-7 |
| 69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation |
| 70. The Durban riots, 1949 |
| 71.The Group Areas Act |
| 72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953 |
| 73. The Congress of the People, June 1955 |
| 74. The Freedom Charter, 1955 |
| 75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country |
| 76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa |
| Towards a common cause, 1961-1982 |
| Introduction |
| 77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978 |
| 78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention |
| 79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal |
| 80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end |
| 81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee |
| 82. The President’s Council |
| 83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote |
| 83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote |
| 84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982 |
| 85. Charter for Change, 1981 |
| 86. Non-racial sport |
| 87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students |
| 88. Gandhi’s legacy |
| Bibliographical note and further reading |
