Indians in South Africa

E18596

South African population group diaspora community ethnic community

Indians in South Africa are a diverse community descended largely from 19th- and early 20th-century indentured laborers and traders from the Indian subcontinent, who have played a significant cultural, economic, and political role in South African society.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Indian South Africans	17
Indian South African	8
Indians in South Africa canonical	2
South African Indians	2
South Africans of Indian origin	2
Indian people in South Africa	1
Indo-South Africans	1
Portrait of Indian South Africans	1
South African Indian	1
South African Indian community	1
South African Tamils	1
South Africans of Indian descent	1

Statements (106)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African population group ⓘ diaspora community ⓘ ethnic community ⓘ
ancestralOrigin	British India ⓘ present-day Bangladesh ⓘ present-day India ⓘ present-day Pakistan ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Natal Indian Congress ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ Transvaal Indian Congress ⓘ
associatedReligionBody	Jamiatul Ulama South Africa ⓘ Muslim Judicial Council ⓘ South African Hindu Maha Sabha ⓘ
censusCategory	Indian or Asian ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	mostly South African citizens ⓘ
colonialPowerAtFirstArrival	British Empire ⓘ
contemporaryEconomicRole	academics ⓘ business owners ⓘ civil servants ⓘ professionals ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Durban curry ⓘ South African business ⓘ South African cuisine ⓘ South African music ⓘ South African politics ⓘ South African theatre ⓘ bunny chow ⓘ
demographicStatus	minority group in South Africa ⓘ
diasporaRelation	Asian diaspora ⓘ surface form: Indian diaspora African diaspora ⓘ surface form: South African diaspora
firstLargeScaleArrival	1860 ⓘ
heritageLanguage	Bhojpuri ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Marathi language ⓘ surface form: Marathi Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
historicalEconomicRole	artisans ⓘ market gardeners ⓘ small traders ⓘ sugar plantation labourers ⓘ
historicalEvent	abolition of indenture in early 20th century ⓘ indentured labour system in Natal ⓘ resistance to apartheid ⓘ
historicalMigrationType	indentured labour ⓘ passenger traders ⓘ
identity	Indians in South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Indian South African Indians in South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Indian
language	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ South African English ⓘ Zulu ⓘ
largestReligion	Hinduism ⓘ
legalStatusPost1994	equal citizens ⓘ
majorAncestralRegion	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Gujarat ⓘ Kerala ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
majorSettlementArea	Chatsworth ⓘ Lenasia ⓘ Phoenix ⓘ Reservoir Hills ⓘ Tongaat ⓘ Verulam ⓘ
majorSettlementCity	Cape Town ⓘ Durban ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg Pietermaritzburg ⓘ
notableCulturalFigure	Anant Singh ⓘ Ronnie Govender ⓘ surface form: Krijay Govender Mariam Bibi ⓘ Ronnie Govender ⓘ
notablePoliticalFigure	Ahmed Kathrada ⓘ Fatima Meer ⓘ Kader Asmal ⓘ Mac Maharaj ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Monty Naicker ⓘ Pravin Gordhan ⓘ Yusuf Dadoo ⓘ
notableSportsFigure	Ashwell Prince ⓘ Hashim Amla ⓘ Imran Tahir ⓘ
politicalInvolvement	anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
populationGroupClassificationApartheid	Indian ⓘ
primaryAncestralOrigin	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
primaryDestinationProvince	KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
primaryDestinationRegion	Natal ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ
significantReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
subjectTo	Group Areas Act ⓘ apartheid laws ⓘ pass laws ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Opinion (newspaper) → namedAfterEthnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Opinion

Indo-Caribbean people → relatedGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-South Africans

Indians in South Africa → identity → Indians in South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Indian

Indians in South Africa → identity → Indians in South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

Natal → hasEthnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Group Areas Act → discriminatedAgainst → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian people in South Africa

Transvaal Indian Congress → ethnicConstituency → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

1946 Passive Resistance Campaign → ethnicFocus → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Indians

South African Indian Congress → representedGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Africans of Indian origin

M. D. Naidoo → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

South African → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

Lenasia → ethnicCommunity → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Ahmed Kathrada → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

Fatima Meer → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

Fatima Meer → notableWork → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portrait of Indian South Africans

Ronnie Govender → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Indian community

Chatsworth → majorEthnicCommunity → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

South African Hindu Maha Sabha → ethnicGroupServed → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Reservoir Hills → demographicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Africans of Indian descent

Phoenix → hasSignificantPopulation → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Monty Naicker → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

Indian diaspora → hasSubgroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Natal Province → hasSignificantEthnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Tamil culture → hasDiasporaCommunity → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Tamils

Separate Amenities Act → discriminatedAgainst → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

District Six residents in Cape Town → ethnicComposition → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Immorality Act → disproportionatelyTargeted → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

South African general election, 1987 → excludedVoters → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

apartheid government of South Africa → disenfranchised → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act → discriminatedAgainst → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

Black Consciousness Movement → targetGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Natal, South Africa → ethnicGroups → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

Dadoo → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Yusuf Dadoo

this entity surface form: Indian South African

SAIC → represented → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: South African Indian Congress

this entity surface form: South Africans of Indian origin

Dr G. M. Naicker → ethnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South African

Indian population (House of Delegates) → relatedTo → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans

House of Delegates of South Africa → ethnicConstituency → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Indians

Tricameral Parliament of South Africa → representedGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian South Africans