Last Wednesday saw the opening of the 1860 Museum in Chatsworth, KZN. The brainchild of Mr Dilosen Pillay, the museum is the first privately funded museum dedicated to the history of Indian people in South Africa. Six rooms of Hotel Savera in Chatsworth make up the museum, which will be open to the public for viewing. … Read more
Monday the 15th August 2016 marked 69 years since India claimed its independence from British rule. The movement that resulted in Indian independence is most famous for satyagraha, a campaign of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress, of which Mohandas Gandhi was the president at the time. It was nearly a century before India took back control of its land and its people … Read more
The world over, statues and monuments pay tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known to most as Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma, Sanskrit for ‘Great Soul’ and akin to the Christian term ‘saint’, was the name given to Gandhi for his involvement in civil rights, and the road of nonviolent civil disobedience that Gandhi and his supporters chose to travel. … Read more
This Saturday sees the start of Indaba, one of the top tourism marketing events on the global calender. To coincide with Indaba we thought that we’d suggest a few alternative tourism destinations that you could visit as either a local or holiday-maker to eThekwini: The Vic Street Market offers a great lesson in negotiating skills … Read more
Last Sunday marked the 84th anniversary of the Salt March, or the Salt Satyagraha, that took place in India in 1930 as a non-violent protest against the tax levied by the British on the production of salt in India. The march was led by Mahatma Gandhi, who was arrested just two months after the march … Read more
The Liberation Heritage Route is an ongoing project managed by the National Heritage Council, a statutory body responsible for the preservation of South Africa’s heritage through, amongst other things, raising public awareness and education. The Gandhi Settlement in Phoenix has recently been added to the Liberation Heritage Route. Gandhi established the settlement in the early … Read more