Surendra Bhana

Setting down Roots: Indian Migrants in South Africa, 1860-1911.

Chapter 1 Indentured and passenger Indians: arrival and settlement Chapter 2 Free Indians in Natal Chapter 3 Hawkers and traders in Natal Chapter 4 Op alle grenzen en langs alle groot wegen: Indians in the Transvaal and beyond Chapter 5 Indians in the Cape: from Kimberley to Cape Town Chapter 6 Literacy tests, permits, and locations: the restrictions of movements Chapter 7 Pravasi perspectives: experiences recalled by Indians.

Gandhi and South Africa: Principles and Politics

On Pietermaritzburg station in 1893, a young Indian lawyer, newly arrived in South Africa, was ejected from a train to Pretoria for insisting on his right to travel first class. It was to the cold night hours spent in the waiting-room that Gandhi himself traced the genesis of his great resolve - to fight injustice by non-violent means. Crucial as this episode was, it was but one of the manifold influences which shaped the Gandhi-to-be during his sojourn in South Africa. This title arose from a conference held a century later, in 1993, at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, to reaffirm the South African Gandhi. It traces some of the influences which effected his transformation from an unsuccessful and insecure young man to a mature political and spiritual leader ready to carve his niche in history after his return to India in 1914. The Mahatmas moral vision, of a way to resolve conflict and right injustice without resorting to violence, remains relevant to post-apartheid South Africa and to the world. It also remains a difficult vision to grasp; but a better understanding of his vital formative years will perhaps help to make it more accessible.

Unconventional Diplomacy in Southern Africa

Preface - PART 1 - The Rhodesia Settlement - A Change of Government - Lusaka - Lancaster House - Brinkmanship - Negotiation - Agreement - A British Governor - The Ceasefire - Tension - Transition - Independence - PART 2 - The Afrikaners - Repression - Namibia - De Klerk - Mandela - Index