Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Phoenix Settlement 25 km outside Durban, South Africa, off the Kwa Mashu Highway, where Gandhi made his home in the 1890s amidst ‘undeveloped’ land and sugarcane plantations, is preserved as a historic site, formally opened as such by the erstwhile South African President Mbeki in February 2000. The Phoenix Settlement Trust Committee was established in 1969 to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Gandhi. This is the venue where Gandhi first thought out his philosophy of passive resistance to injustice. It is here in 1904 that Gandhi started the Indian newspaper — Opinion — disseminating his ideas. It was here that he lived those ideals by experimenting live, the model community life that he envisioned. As per his belief the settlement was to be run on a non-commercial basis with just enough for all with all, sharing in the work on the farms and the press.
Gandhi’s home there is remembered by the term ‘Sarvodaya’, which he coined himself. ‘Sarva’ meaning all, and ‘uday’ meaning upliftment, together conveying welfare for all. more
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