Multicoloured poster. Produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs and history of indentured labourers recruited from India and China. Artwork of new South African flag.
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Builders of the nation: 4: indentured labour
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- 27 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Builders of the nation: 4: indentured labour. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0115458
South African History Online (2016) 'Builders of the nation: 4: indentured labour', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0115458 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, Builders of the nation: 4: indentured labour [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0115458, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"Builders of the nation: 4: indentured labour." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0115458. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Builders of the nation: 4: indentured labour." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0115458.
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The area was formally developed around 1848–1850 when land was granted to settlers for sugar cultivation.
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