Durban, South Africa. 15th Nov, 2016. Willies Mchunu (grey suit), the permier of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province together with eThekwini Metro Municipal mayor Zandile Gumede dig the spade into the ground during a sod-turning ceremony at Durban's Addington Beach where a monument is set to be built to commemorate the 1860 arrival of Indians in South Africa. They were brought into the country as indentured labourers to work on the sugar cane fields of the then Natal Colony. Credit: Giordano Stolley/Alamy Live News
DURBAN - 15 November 2016 - Willies Mchunu (grey suit), the permier of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province together with eThekwini Metro Municipal mayor Zandile Gumede dig the spade into the ground during a sod-turning ceremony at Durban's Addington Beach where a monument is set to be built to commemorate the 1860 arrival of Indians in South Africa. They were brought into the country as indentured labourers to work on the sugar cane fields of the then Natal Colony. Today there are an estimated million South Africans of Indian descent, most of whom live in the greater Durban area. Picture: Giordano Stolley
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