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Shining a royal torch on Diwali yet no monument for the indentured labourers of 1860

Despite growing royal and political recognition of Diwali in South Africa, descendants of Indian indentured labourers are still waiting for a promised Durban monument honouring their ancestors.

Shining a royal torch on Diwali yet no monument for the indentured labourers of 1860

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We are free but belonging is a struggle

Decolonisation cannot belong only to the leaders who negotiated the 1994 transition or the state institutions speaking in its name. It must be lived and shaped in everyday communities.

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