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The Warwick Markets:

Durban can trace it’s heritage around 3 specific groups of peoples, the British English, the Indians and the Zulu people – and all three groups are evident at the Warwick Markets.

On land originally allocated to indentured Indian workers in the late 1800’s as a site on which to establish market gardens and trade, the area quickly became established resulting in Zulu and white traders being drawn to the market to trade and to live.

By the 1930’s the local Natal Government labelled the area a slum thanks to it’s high density of stores and homes and black traders in the area.

In the 1940’s the Apartheid government began to ruthlessly enforce Apartheid laws which saw cities like Durban being classified as “white only” and Indian and Zulu traders being forced to alter or even close businesses.

Things continued along this path until the 1970’s when hawkers created the “Hawkers Action Committee” (HAC) and began protest the harassment they experienced at the hand of the Apartheid police (known locally as the “blackjacks”).

In the 1990’s the city began to change it’s attitude towards the Warwick Traders thanks in no small part to the actions of the HAC which saw the traders being not only acknowledged as being a part of the Durban community but also contributing to the city economically.

Today the Warwick Markets are made up of 9 separate markets which give fantastic insight into the history of Durban and the people. Today the area still supports tens of thousands of people directly and thousands more indirectly.