SUNDAY READ| The bittersweet story of Tongaat Hulett and its demise: More than a century later, the descendants of indentured Indian labourers, stand to lose their livelihoods as the company faces collapse
On 16 November 1860, the first Indians landed in Durban aboard the SS Truro from Madras, having been brought to work in the sugar cane plantation of the then Port Natal.
By 1903, Sir Liege Hulett, knighted for his contributions to the colony of Natal, operated his first sugar mill and controlled a sizable portion of the sugar produced in Natal. The 152 184 Indians were indentured labourers, a type of debt servitude that differed from slavery only in that the workers received food and board, and a small monthly stipend.
Today, 130 years later, the descendants of those Indians, who are still largely dependent on the sugar business, stand to lose their livelihoods at the hands of the corporation that flourished as a result of their ancestors’ labour.
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