DURBAN RIOT INQUIRY
INDIAN CONGRESS WITHDRAWS (Rec. 7 p.m.) DURBAN, February 18. The South African Indian Congress and the African National Congress today withdrew from the inquiry into the Durban riots because cross-exami-nation was not permitted. Dr. G. S. Lowen, who was appearing jointly for the two organisations, told the commission conducting the inquiry that the only way the root causes of the riots could be exposed was by cross-examination, and he appealed to the commission to allow this. The commission rejected the request. The Durban District Commandant (Major Bestford), giving evidence at the inquiry, said that before the riots, relations between natives and Indians were cordial, although there had been reports against Indians of black marketing, overcharging on Indian buses, and indiscriminate cohabitation between Indians and native women. The police had been unable to secure any evidence that the riots had been organised. The actual cause was an exaggerated Report of an assault on a native youth.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25734, 21 February 1949, Page 7
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