He moved to Johannesburg in 1892 where he worked as a greengrocer. From 1906 to 1913, he helped Gandhi in the South African Indian communities as they struggled against pre-Apartheid racial repression by the local white and the colonial British authorities in Durban.
In 1892, he settled in Johannesburg, where he worked at a fruit market. From 1906 to 1913, he helped Gandhi among the South African Indian communities as they struggled against the racist policies of the local whites and the British colonial authorities in Durban.