Her remarks came as she responded to social media posts which claimed that the Gandhi Development and Phoenix Settlement Trust deliberately left out Hindu prayers at an interfaith meeting hosted at the Phoenix Settlement, which her grandfather started during his tenure in Durban.
Lata Ramgobin, who is the daughter of noted rights activists Ela Gandhi and late Mewa Ramgobind, was also refused leave to appeal both the conviction and the sentence by the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court.
Self-employed Ramgobin is alleged to have defrauded two local businessmen of more than 11 million South African Rand (Rs 5.38 crore) by claiming that she had secured a tender to import bedding from India for the private hospital group Netcare.
Ela Gandhi, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi and a member of Nelson Mandela's party, recalls some fond memories of the South African legend in a conversation with Sheela Bhatt.
The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation will be conferred on the 76-year-old Dalai Lama at the annual Satyagraha Awards to be held at the Durban City Hall next Sunday.
The Prime Minister's global advisory council has been constituted. The setting up of the council was announced by the Prime Minister at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai.
A special session to discuss NRI women's issue was convened on the third day of the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas.
Point Road, known as a prostitution hub, will be renamed after Gandhi within three months by the government.
Sir Ketumile Masire was honoured with the award for his efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in the African continent.
Ela Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grand-daughter and a peace activist on her PBD award
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