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Construction begins on monument to commemorate arrival of first Indian indentured labourers in S Africa

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Johannesburg, Jul 9 (PTI) Nearly a decade after the idea was first mooted, construction has started of a monument to honour the memory of the first indentured labourers who landed on the shores of Durban in South Africa in 1860. The monument is being funded by the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, home to over two-thirds of South Africa’s Indian-origin population of around 1.8 million. Most are descended from the many shiplo…
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NewsDrum broke the news in on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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