A five-kilometre peace walk was organised here on Sunday as part of an event to commemorate the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s departure from the shores of South Africa to India.
The Indian community led by India’s High Commissioner to South Africa Virendra Gupta organised the event at the former site of Gandhiji’s Tolstoy Farm on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The event is a part of the ongoing ‘Festival of India’ in South Africa. The event began with the peace walk by around 300 men, women and children.
later, people gathered to hear inspirational speeches from noted South Africa freedom struggle activist Maniben Sita, the great granddaughter of Gandhiji and Ndileka Mandela, the granddaughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Indian Embassy said.