Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 1993

South Africa, 1956. Doctor Dadoo's Dilemma. Dr Dadoo, the shy and modest doctor, is a man of deep, pipe-smoking silence, a true confluence of East and West. At last month's significant Group Areas conference at Gandhi Hall, Dr Dadoo's name was repeatedly mentioned in glowing terms by Africans, Indians, Coloureds, and Whites alike. His name is consistently linked with those of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Naicker of Natal. But how many truly know Dadoo the man? How many understand the conflicting forces that have shaped this enigmatic figure?