A living monument will best reflect Durban’s cultural diversity
Nov 18, 2020
3 minutes
BRIJ MAHARAJ
SINCE the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers in South Africa in 2010, there has been public debate about a monument to honour their memory, the form that this should take and the appropriate location.
There was some support for the monument to be located in the Point precinct, adjacent to uShaka Marine World.
While the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government remains committed to the project, the monument was delayed for several reasons, especially the lack of a clear conceptualisation of the project, limited public participation and bureaucratic
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