our dna is enmeshed
THE Indian presence in South Africa came through various routes. In the millennium before the Dutch conquest of the Cape in 1652, one theory put forward by Cyril Hromnik points to Dravidian gold miners having settled in Southern Africa perhaps a thousand years ago.
A preserved site of Shiva worship from the period lies deep in the greenery of Mpumalanga province.
Their likely port of entry was present- day Maputo traversing Komatipoort, a name derived from Tamil, and travelling beyond into the Karoo. Khoisan folklore is a potent
