Category: Salt March

2010 Good Morning  – we wud like to thank u for all the assistance in the registration  – The Salt March was very well organized – and lots order.  our group from reservoir hills (8 ladies)  really enjoyed the walk. looking forward to next years – tks again Anu Pillay   Dear kidarji, hi. I…

The 2006 Salt march was supported by the Sunday Tribune, Radio Lotus and Radio Ukhosi. We had support from some 50 guests from some 40 countries who were attending a conference on the Prevention of Injury and promotion of Health in the work place. Their presence added to the success of the march. The participation…

For over three hundred years South Africa suffered colonial oppression. On the 27 April 1994 a miracle occurred. A new government elected by the people was ushered in. But there was a history behind this miracle, which we need to remember. A history which linked us to the struggles of the oppressed people of the…

Salt is an essential item in our food. It is a basic food. When tax has to be paid on a basic food then it is indeed a gross violation of a fundamental right. The defiance we are commemorating was a demonstration of the people’s power in a nonviolent non confrontational way. As we march…

The Annual Gandhi Salt March is an event for the family. It commemorates the great march of 1930 in India. On the 8 March 1930 Mahatma Gandhi announced at a meeting in Ahmedabad, “I want to deprive the Government of its illegitimate monopoly of salt. My aim is to get the Salt Tax abolished as…