This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. Please by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references.(August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines. Please help by to make improvements to the overall structure.(August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: – ···scholar·JSTOR(August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
(Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Fatima Bhyat (Areff) is noted for being one of the first residents of Rustenburg, South Africa, settling in 1877. In addition, she is noted for being one of the eldest residents, featured in the local newspaper the Rustenburg Herout[1] at age 100 and died in August 1971 at the age of 112.[1] At 95 years old, Mrs. Bhayat added her voice against the Group Areas Act of 1950, which proposed to move all Indians out of town.[2] Church Street in Rustenburg was renamed to Fatima Bhayat Street [2] in honour of her and the local Indian population in Rustenbug in 1999.
Relationship with Paul Kruger[]
Fatima Bhyat and husband Suliman always welcomed Paul Kruger to their home for meals when he visited Rustenburg.[3] They supported him during the Anglo Boer War by supplying him from their store, and as a token of his appreciation, Paul Kruger rewarded the Bhyat's for their support in gold. Fatima was one of a few women recognised as part of the "South African Indians who's who"[4]