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	Rajbansis of South Africa part ways- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		amichand rajbansi, perhaps the best known indian politician in south africa, was granted a divorce in the durban magistrate's court after his estranged wife, asha devi, failed to arrive for proceedings.
		rajbansi was chief minister in the indian parliament, which was called the house of delegates, while his wife achieved high status in local government politics.
		amichand rajbansi told the court during the divorce proceedings that benefits due to asha because of the marriage should be forfeited because his wife had been "politically unfaithful" to him when she joined the ifp in 1993.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/4965461.cms (411 words)

	Rajbansi weds in Hindu fashion
		Rajbansi's four children from his previous marriage, friends and family were also among the about 150 guests at the lavish ceremony.
		Rajbansi, who at one time described his first marriage as "20 years of hell" was glowing - from the moment he arrived at the venue in a beige Nehru-suit accompanied by Indian musicians, until his bride finally came to sit on his left side to symbolise that she was now part of his family.
		Rajbansi, who was accompanied by his family, was given a R10 note by one the bride's aunts - an act symbolising the "wealth" Shameen would bring into the Rajbansi family.
	www.news24.com /News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1004346,00.html (485 words)

	Mercury: This could be the Raj's 'finest hour'
		Rajbansi's least favourite person at the moment is his former heir-apparent: Visvin Reddy, a political turncoat who left the MF to join the Democratic Alliance and then shifted to the ANC.
		Rajbansi points to the fact that in Gauteng there are two policemen of Indian origin who hold the rank of commissioner, but KZN can make no such boast, in spite of being home to the biggest Indian population.
		Rajbansi says of the 86 candidates he is fielding in the municipal elections, 12 are African, two are white and one is coloured.
	www.themercury.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=283&fArticleId=3091507 (1147 words)

	Daily News: We are shocked, says Raj
		Controversial politician Amichand Rajbansi has reacted to claims by Durban bouncer OJ Fourie, who said his ex-daughter-in-law Karnagie Tandree wanted to trap his son, Vimal, and falsely implicate him in her death.
		Rajbansi said that the revelations by Fourie that his ex-daughter-in law had planned her own death were tragic and were "one of the most earth-shattering and chilling episodes in the history of such tragedies in South Africa".
		Rajbansi said his son's innocence had been established beyond all reasonable doubt and that he should be reunited with his son Wesley-Jude.
	www.dailynews.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=306960 (538 words)

	Sunday Tribune: Raj in another race row
		Rajbansi said Mtchali's allegations were part of a "revenge attack", and pointed out that the amount was, in fact, R10 000.
		Rajbansi said Mtchali was being used as a "puppet" by the Ward 23 councillor, the ANC's Jayraj Bachu.
		Rajbansi added that 85% of his department's funding was given to disadvantaged communities, predominantly in African rural communities.
	www.sundaytribune.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=3223661&fSectionId=159 (718 words)

	Rajbansi jun's alibi probed
		Durban - The alibi of veteran politician Amichand Rajbansi's son is being investigated by the police after the man's former wife was found strangled in her flat in Durban this weekend.
		Rajbansi junior's alibi for the rest of Saturday evening after his visit to his ex-wife is now being checked by the members of the police Serious and Violent Crime unit.
		Rajbansi jun is the only son of the marriage of his politician father and Asha Devi, a newspaper columnist, who were divorced in 2000.
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1453170,00.html (331 words)

	Sunday Times - durban - 19 Nov 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Rajbansi, a former city councillor, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after allegedly stealing the 50ml bottle of cream from a Pick 'n Pay store in Musgrave, Durban.
		Rajbansi followed in her father's political footsteps in 1996 when she was elected as a Metro councillor.
		Amichand Rajbansi defended his daughter, saying she was "very, very honest".
	www.suntimes.co.za /2000/11/19/news/durban/ndbn06.htm (267 words)

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		DURBAN -- Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi is to tie the knot for a second time today when he marries fellow party member and Phoenix pharmacist Shameen Thakur here.
		Rajbansi, 59, announced his marriage to the 38-year-old Thakur this week, after weeks of media speculation on the status of their relationship.
		Rajbansi was recently divorced from his wife Asha Devi under controversial circumstances after she publicly joined the Inkatha Freedom Party in August 1998.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2001/03/30/southafrica/BPOLITIC.HTM (128 words)

	Amichand Rajbansi
		Amichand Rajbansi, nicknamed the Bengal Tiger, was born in Clairwood, Durban on 14 January 1942.
		However, Rajbansi was later expelled from the party for publicly criticising Y S Chinsamy.
		In 2003, another tragedy rocked the Rajbansi family after his daughter in law was found dead in her bedroom.
	home.intekom.com /southafricanhistoryonline/pages/people/rajbansi-a.htm (463 words)

	IFP Press Releases - 19 Aug '98 - Open Letter to Mr Amichand Rajbansi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		As an organisation that is proud of its commitment to the union and sanctity of marriage, the IFP cannot accept Mr Rajbansi’s claim that it is responsible for his marital difficulties.
		Whilst the IFP is sympathetic of Mr Rajbansi’s sadness at this time, it is a simple fact that there can only be two people responsible for the success or failure of a relationship, namely the spouses themselves.
		When Mrs Rajbansi, together with a group of other key individuals, indicated that she wished to support the IFP, the IFP was naturally pleased.
	www.ifp.org.za /Archive/Releases/190898bpr.htm (470 words)

	sundaytimes.co.za :: Home of the Sunday Times :: South Africa's best selling newspaper :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Rajbansi believes that another masterpiece is the inclusion, for the first time, of non-Indians on the MF list.
		Rajbansi snr, nicknamed the Bengal Tiger, says his son is not a serious contender in the race for votes.
		Rajbansi’s thinking behind the strategy is that the family name alone is enough to win his party votes.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /articles/article-specialreport.aspx?ID=ST6A168674 (510 words)

	No Top Post for Rajbansi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi on Thursday dismissed as "first-class rubbish" rumours that the African National Congress had offered him a top position in exchange for his support in KwaZulu-Natal.
		Speaking to Sapa, Rajbansi said his motivation for supporting the ANC was based on his party's policy to always support the ruling party.
		Rajbansi said he had acted in the best interest of the Indian community when he joined forces with the ANC and said the alliance would go a long way to changing the "zebra image" of KwaZulu-Natal.
	www.anc.org.za /elections/news/en061107.html (263 words)

	Sunday Tribune: MF under fire for its tactics
		The leader of the Minority Front, Amichand Rajbansi, was jubilant about his party's victory in the local government elections this week.
		The Human Rights Commission criticised Rajbansi for his leadership and his party's violation of core principles of the constitution in a racist advertorial paid for by the MF and published on January 11.
		Rajbansi said the MF had faced "a vicious and fierce onslaught in Chatsworth and Phoenix".
	www.sundaytribune.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=161&fArticleId=3140669 (1050 words)

	Star: Murder of model stuns family of Rajbansi
		The former daughter-in-law of Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi has been found dead - days before she and her ex-husband were to square up in court.
		When attempts were made to contact Vimal Rajbansi yesterday, a woman who did not identify herself said he was in Durban but "unavailable for comment or to take any telephone calls for the next few days".
		Amichand Rajbansi said he hoped the culprit was apprehended swiftly.
	www.thestar.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=297327 (467 words)

	Indian-origin SA minister in racial trouble
		Amichand Rajbansi, leader of Minority Front, an ally of ANC, was accused of writing an article in a community newspaper that Africans should not be allowed to move into low-cost houses in the township of Chatsworth in Durban.
		Rajbansi denied writing the article, which termed South Africans as 'rapists and killers', and blamed a junior party worker for creating the fiasco.
		Condemning his use of 'racist' language to garner votes for the local government elections on March 1, Stanley Moonsamy, an ANC leader said such kind of language was 'unacceptable' in South Africa.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/17nri.htm (208 words)

	Tonight: Raj - 'a long way to go'
		Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi dismissed this claim, saying he had "several high flying women" serving his party, including his wife, Shameen Rajbansi, who had done an "excellent job as the MF's election strategist".
		With regards to succession planning, a confident Rajbansi said he felt "rejuvenated and youthful" and was adamant he had no immediate plans to groom a successor or step down as party leader.
		She suggested that if Shameen Rajbansi took over as MF leader "it would be a step in the right direction" for the party and would level the playing fields in respect of gender equality.
	www.tonight.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=3144988 (527 words)

	Sunday Times - news - 20 Aug 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The former "first couple" of Indian politics, Amichand Rajbansi and his wife, Asha Devi, were divorced this week, two years after they split up in a torrent of mudslinging.
		Rajbansi, 58, flamboyant leader of the Minority Front, boasted that he had already received three marriage proposals since the divorce was finalised on Tuesday.
		But their marital woes spilled into the streets in August 1998 when Rajbansi publicly accused his wife outside the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court of having had an affair with an IFP MP.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /2000/08/20/news/news12.htm (629 words)

	28 November 1988 - Rajbansi threatens not to co-operate with the James Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		National People's Party leader, Amichand Rajbansi, threatens that he would not co-operate with the James Commission, which was appointed by President P W Botha to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the Tricameral Parliament chamber, the House of Delegates.
		Rajbansi accused the chairman of the commission, Neville James, of bias and requested that he should recuse himself.
		The commission of inquiry revealed that he used his offices to offer his close allies liquor licenses, influence the civil service appointments and promotion, and he had improperly influenced witness against the previous parliamentary inquiries about his conduct in office.
	home.intekom.com /southafricanhistoryonline/pages/chronology/thisday/1988-11-28.htm (147 words)

	Human Beams Magazine - International Politics - Party Tricks
		Amichand Rajbansi, decide to align his party with the ANC.
		Amichand Rajbansi has sold out his own supporters to the very party they were supporting him against.
		In one fell swoop he has handed the ANC a two-thirds majority nationally, and put them on an equal footing in a province that regularly teeters on the brink of civil war.
	politics.humanbeams.com /archives/p99james-partytricks.html (722 words)

	Daily News: Rajbansi to sue over poster claim
		In a statement sent to the Daily News last night, Rajbansi said he planned to take legal action against the ANC's Visvin Reddy, who on Wednesday laid a charge of theft against the MF after ANC posters were allegedly removed.
		In a separate statement also sent by Rajbansi, four people who claimed to be contracted by the MF to put up posters, also criticised Reddy for telling lies.
		Rajbansi said the allegations against his party were a "cheap political plot" orchestrated by Reddy to discredit the MF.
	www.dailynews.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=500&fArticleId=3085882 (220 words)

	BuaNews Online homepage
		Sport and Recreation MEC, Amichand Rajbansi, announced on Tuesday that his department had put aside R300 000 to assist financially struggling athletes to able to enter this race.
		Mr Rajbansi said due to the early start of the race and the appeal it had among the masses, runners were often challenged to find cheap, suitable and affordable accommodation and transport on the eve of the race.
		Mr Rajbansi said 150 spaces would be open to athletes from throughout the country, while a further 150 would be confined to the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
	www.buanews.gov.za /view.php?ID=06060710451004&coll=buanew06 (489 words)

	S African parties lobby for Indian votes - Sify.com
		The man trying to lobby South Africans of Indian origin is Amichand Rajbansi, 62, leader of the tiny Minority Front party which has a predominantly Indian following.
		Rajbansi plays upon the "mother country" and his election speeches are laced with references to Mahatma Gandhi, who started his political career in South Africa as a young lawyer, and Jawaharlal Nehru.
		Rajbansi denied a press report that he had entered into an alliance with the ANC.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13414137 (766 words)

	Mercury: 'Bengal Tiger' starts his campaign
		Minority Front (MF) leader Amichand Rajbansi launched his party's election campaign in Durban yesterday, promising to give the Democratic Alliance a run for its money in its strongholds of Chatsworth and Phoenix, and to strengthen his party's presence in the eThekwini Metro.
		The launch at the Durban City Hall was a colourful affair, with Rajbansi making a grand entrance into the hall amid cries of "the Bengal Tiger" and the waving of party flags.
		In his speech, Rajbansi described KwaZulu-Natal as unique and the only province where multiparty democracy was flourishing, with minority parties like the MF playing a key role.
	www.themercury.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=283&fArticleId=3078836 (340 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Rajbansi's 'racist' advert probed
		Provided that appropriate and adequate responses were received on time, its report into the matter could be finalised by early next week, the commission said on Monday.
		Rajbansi, who is also the provincial MEC for sport and recreation, has been accused of attempting to incite racial hatred.
		Rajbansi has denied writing the advertorial, claiming this was done by a junior member of the party.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/637923.htm (282 words)

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		This was the view of the Centre for Policy Studies director, Steven Friedman, in reaction to the announcement by MF leader Amichand Rajbansi that his party was forming an alliance with the ANCl.
		Friedman said Rajbansi was not a spokesman for the majority of Indians but represented a small section of the community and the ANC could have done without him anyway.
		The ANC praised Rajbansi and the MF for siding with the freedom parties at "decisive moments like the pre-1994 multi-party negotiations".
	www.dispatch.co.za /1999/06/10/easterncape/ELECT.HTM (475 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Mr Amichand Rajbansi has indicated to schools that a major announcement is expected soon which will formalise the partnership between the Department of Sport and Recreation and the Department of Education in promoting sports in schools.
		The Minister of Sport and Recreation Mr Amichand Rajbansi attended the closing ceremony for the 25th African Men’s Club Volleyball Championships in Durban at the week-end.
		Mr Rajbansi with the General Secretary of Volleyball South Africa Mr Kriba Reddy (white shirt) is seen greeting the Cameroonian players before commencement of the third place play-offs.
	www.durbannews.co.za /sports.html (1457 words)

	Cape Argus - Rajbansi disowns 'hate' letter
		Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi has sought to defuse a race row by distancing himself from an alleged "hate speech" letter in a newspaper.
		Rajbansi has denied any knowledge of the letter, saying the first he heard of it was when he was contacted by KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sbu Ndebele last week.
		Rajbansi said he was just as shocked as the premier when he saw the letter published in his name and paid for by his party.
	www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=49&fArticleId=3067500' (348 words)

	IOL: DA call for Rajbansi's head after advert
		The leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal, Roger Burrows, has called on Premier S'bu Ndebele to dismiss Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi, the MEC for Sport and Recreation in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, for allegedly inciting racial hatred.
		Rajbansi, in a Chatsworth tabloid, opposed the construction of low-cost houses for fl communities in predominantly Indian settlements, suggesting that Africans would break into houses and rape and kill Indian people.
		Rajbansi downplayed suggestions that eThekwini Mayor Obed Mlaba's decision to refer the matter to the Human Rights Commission meant that his relationship with the ANC was at its lowest point, saying the relationship was rock-solid.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20060116065858609C416001 (537 words)

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