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

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

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

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

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Rickshas soon found use in Durban and surrounding areas.

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India and Sri Lanka

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Lourenco Marques, now Maputo

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

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Pietermaritzburg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alf Khumalo holds one of his images

Alf Khumalo holds one of his images

Alf Khumalo holds one of his images

all ages are affected by AIDS

all ages are affected by AIDS

All ages are affected

All ages are affected

Alex Murder Case: Brawl Outside Court - A car accident

Alex Murder Case: Brawl Outside Court - A car accident

Alex Murder Case: Brawl Outside Court - A car accident. The truck driver point at the police during their argument A bra...

Alex Murder Case: Brawl Outside Court - Lefty Mthembu

Alex Murder Case: Brawl Outside Court - Lefty Mthembu

Alex Murder Case: Brawl Outside Court - Lefty Mthembu. A brawl broke out outside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court this wee...

Alexandra Bus Boycott, 1957

Alexandra Bus Boycott, 1957

Azikwelwa': We Will Not Ride Alexandra Bus Boycott, 1957

Albertina Sisulu chairs a FEDSAW meeting to announce the launch of a reformed federation

Albertina Sisulu chairs a FEDSAW meeting to announce the launch of a reformed federation

Circa 1980: Albertina Sisulu chairs a FEDSAW meeting to announce the launch of a reformed federation - active in the 195...

Albertina Sisulu with Stan Motjuwadi (Drum Staff) just after her release from 90-day detention

Albertina Sisulu with Stan Motjuwadi (Drum Staff) just after her release from 90-day detention

1963, September: Albertina Sisulu with Stan Motjuwadi (Drum Staff) just after her release from 90-day detention. She was...

Albertina Sisulu speaks at her husband 80th birthday 1992

Albertina Sisulu speaks at her husband 80th birthday 1992

1992: Albertina Sisulu speaks at her husband 80th birthday celebration..

Albertina Sisulu at what appears to be a FEDSAW rally 1980

Albertina Sisulu at what appears to be a FEDSAW rally 1980

1980: Albertina Sisulu at what appears to be a FEDSAW rally (unsure) in the late 1980s.

Albertina Sisulu speaking after her release from 90-day detention September 1963 S

Albertina Sisulu speaking after her release from 90-day detention September 1963 S

1963 September: Albertina Sisulu speaking after her release from 90-day detention. She was held in detention for informa...

Albie Sachs stands up for freedom

Albie Sachs stands up for freedom

Albie Sachs stands up for freedom - RIM Archives

Albertina Sisulu and other uUDF eaders

Albertina Sisulu and other uUDF eaders

Albertina Sisulu arrives at the Palace of Justice in traditional Xhosa wear

Albertina Sisulu arrives at the Palace of Justice in traditional Xhosa wear

Albertina Sisulu arrives at the Palace of Justice in traditional Xhosa wear. Her husband, Walter Sisulu, was the second ...

Albertina Sisulu (left) at the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria

Albertina Sisulu (left) at the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria

Albertina Sisulu (left) at the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria, one of the accused is her husband Walter Sisulu.

Albertina and her daughter in law, Sheila in Durban.

Albertina and her daughter in law, Sheila in Durban.

Circa 1980s. From left; Albertina and her daughter in law, Sheila in Durban.

Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960

Albert Luthuli tells a meeting on his tour to Cape Twon that Nigeria is to be free in 1960

A garland of ferns tickles Luthuli's ears as he tells one meeting on his tour of Cape Twon: "Nigeria is to be free in 19...

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October 1989 Sisulu greeting friends after his release

Albert J. Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, Duma Nokwe, Robert Resha and Walter Sisulu.

Albert J. Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, Duma Nokwe, Robert Resha and Walter Sisulu.

Albert J. Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, Duma Nokwe, Robert Resha and Walter Sisulu. Priests, Doctors, Professors, Housewives Gi...

AK-47 rifles used in the Silverton Siege. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980.

AK-47 rifles used in the Silverton Siege. Silverton and Soekmekaar trial, 1980.

A policewoman holds up the AK-47 rifles used by the trio in the Silverton Siege. Prosecutors used the rifles as an exhib...

Africans gathered on the Parade to protest removal to Ndabeni

Africans gathered on the Parade to protest removal to Ndabeni

Protest against the first forced removal of Africans in South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century from Cape Town...

Ahmed Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni, Nelson Mandela and Dennis Goldberg.

Ahmed Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni, Nelson Mandela and Dennis Goldberg.

Ahmed Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni, Nelson Mandela and Dennis Goldberg, the four remainingtrialists, reunite to watch the R...