Indian people were recorded to have settled in South Africa, arriving in Durban in the year 1860 from Madras to work in the sugar cane plantation in Port-Natal;
5) recognises that many migrant communities from across the world, not only India have contributed greatly to building a thriving South Africa, united in its diversity; and
6) encourages all South Africans to embrace one another in our differences in the spirit of social cohesion in the same way that the Springbok victory has galvanised unity in the public discourse.