Political activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress

The a son of a wealthy businessman, Yusuf Dadoo was all too familiar with the repressive political and social conditions that the Indian community lived under during segregation and apartheid. Educated in London, and later Edinburgh, Dadoo returned to South Africa in 1936, well-versed in Marxist literature and determined to mobilize a national liberation movement. In 1939, Dadoo formed and became the leader of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). Dadoo was also one of the founders of the Non-European United Front (NEUF), and was an active member of the South African Communist Party (CPSA, now known as SACP). In 1946, the Indian Passive Resistance Campaign, led by Yusuf Dadoo (TIC) and G.M Naicker (Natal Indian Congress), began in protest of the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill. Dadoo was arrested twice during this campaign, but this only served to rouse an even greater response from supporters and participants. At the end of 1946, on 20 October, Dadoo was re-elected as the President of the TIC.