In South Africa, nearly 6,000 people participated in the twenty-fifth annual Gandhi walk in memory of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday. The occasion also marked the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured Indian workers in South Africa in 1860. South Africa now has over one million people of Indian or Asian origin.

Thabo Masemola: “It’s a very special occasion, because whilst we are exercising, we’re walking with the memory of Gandhi. If you remember, in 1860, settlers, when they came into South Africa, the depth at which Gandhi worked for the liberation of the country, it’s a very magnificent feeling. You walk knowing the spirits are walking with you.”