At the age of 17 he left school to work full-time for the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council in order to work against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, commonly referred to as the "Ghetto Act", which sought to give Indians limited political representation and restricted where Indians could live, trade and own land.
Pada usia 17 tahun, dia meninggalkan sekolah untuk bekerja di Perlawanan Pasif Transparal agar dapat melawan Undang-Undang Kepemilikan Tanah Asia dan Undang-Undang Perundang-undangan India, yang biasa disebut "Undang-Undang Ghetto", yang berusaha memberi India batasan politik Perwakilan dan dibatasi di mana orang India bisa tinggal, berdagang dan memiliki tanah sendiri.