Durban

The vehicle rapidly became incorporated into local society and was adapted by Japanese artists and photographers into th...

Rural elements find way into ricksha costumes.

Fares and Distances. Pullers could make up to £1 per day which aroused white anger. Working conditions did not make for ...

European adaptations

In the beginning ...

The name “amaLisha” is the Zulu interpretation of the word ricksha, also sometimes spelt with a “w&rdq...

The jinriksha, or ricksha, as it is more commonly referred to, originated in Japan during the 1870s. Its invention has v...

Johannesburg

Harrismith, Ladysmith, Dundee and Newcastle. Harrismith is the only place I have found evidence of rickshas in the OFS. ...

Private owners, for those who could not afford a carriage.

The kitchen suit was freely adapted

Within a short time a number of local wagon works had turned their hand to ricksha construction. The imported Japanese m...

The “kitchen suit”. Early in 1850 the Colonial Government issued a decree that all blacks entering Durban, P...

Bulawayo and Mombasa. Surprisingly, there was no sign of them in Salisbury.

Singapore and Sarawak. The big wheels were particularly useful in covering unsurfaced roads and paths.

Arrival in South Africa. The first rickshaws were introduced into South Africa in 1892 through the efforts of Natal &ldq...

Ricksha owners. The return on the casual rental of vehicles to ricksha pullers was reported to give a full return on the...

Pietermaritzburg.

Anatomy of the Ricksha: Two types of passenger seat: deep draft for passengers and shallow draft for goods. Box u...

Amongst others the following manufacturers are known: Thomas K Clark G Barfield & Co Andrews & Co

Lourenco Marques, now Maputo

India and Sri Lanka

Rickshas soon found use in Durban and surrounding areas.