Multiple choice general knowledge history Why did he went to South Africa first time? To plead a case To study law To start a business to settle there Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself A Correct answer Explanation Gandhiji first went to South Africa in 1893 at age 24 to plead a legal case for Dada Abdulla & Co., an Indian Muslim merchant firm in Durban, on a one-year contract. The case was against a rival merchant firm.