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In 1968, the South African Indian Council came into being, serving as a link between the government and the Indian people. The University of Durban-Westville (now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal ) was built with a Rand-for-Rand contribution from Indian South Africans and the government in the 1970s.
In South Africa, Asian usually refers to people of South Asian ancestry, more commonly called Indians. [1] [2] They are largely descended from people who migrated to South Africa in the late 19th and early 20th century from British ruled South Asia. The "Indian"/"Asian" identity was codified by law under Apartheid as a race group. [3]
South African people of Tamil descent (20 P) Pages in category "South African people of Indian descent" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total.
This population is dispersed across South Africa with 34 under the age of 15, 21,6% from 15 to 24, 28,3% from 25 to 44, 11.8% from 45 to 64 and 4,3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age of a 'Black' South African is 21 years. For every 100 females there are 91,1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86,2 males. [14]
The Siddi (pronounced), also known as the Sheedi, Sidi, or Siddhi, are an ethnic minority group inhabiting Pakistan and India.They are primarily descended from the Bantu peoples of the Zanj coast in Southeast Africa, most of whom came to the Indian subcontinent through the Indian Ocean slave trade. [6]
Tamil South Africans are Indian South Africans of Tamil descent. Tamil people form the majority of Indian immigrants who came from India to Natal, South Africa , from 1860 onwards. [ 1 ] After the expiry of their indentures most of these Indians moved to the cities, becoming established as a thoroughly urban population.
Between 1874 and 1911, European plantation and factory owners in Natal region of South Africa alone brought in 146,000 people from India in 364 ships. [ 18 ] [ 26 ] Other Hindu coolies (indentured laborers) [ 27 ] were deployed by the colonial government in Eastern Cape , Western Cape and Free State . [ 7 ]
Navanethem Pillay, an Indian South African descent who served as the U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights. Most Asians in South Africa are descended from indentured Indian labourers who were brought by the British from India in the 19th century, mostly to work on the sugar cane plantations of what is now the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).