Responses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… Those who formed part of the poorest section of the Indian community, such a labourers, artisans, … bore the brunt of the effect of the increase in basic Indian foods such as rice, dhall ghee, etc. The cost of rice, … of dhall and ghee tripled in price. Unemployment among the Indian laboring classes rose steadily during the war. This …