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Family and friends celebrate the life of Ronnie Govender


Family and friends celebrate the life of Ronnie Govender
By Karen Singh
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DURBAN - THE grandson of the late South African playwright, activist and author Sathieseelan Gurulingum “Ronnie” Govender said he had a knack for raising consciousness, fearlessness and joy through his writing and works.
Karlind Govender was speaking at his grandfather’s funeral service at the Maitland Crematorium Chapel in Cape Town yesterday. Due to Covid-19 regulations, the service was streamed virtually to friends and family.
Govender, 85, was born in Cato Manor in Durban, and had moved to Cape Town last year.
Govender’s son Pat said his father, who had developed agerelated dementia, had lived with him for the past 12 months. Govender died last Thursday. Pat said this was a sad time for friends and family, especially because Covid-19 meant they could not gather together to celebrate Ronnie’s life. ....

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A grandson's salute to a literary legend and activist


It is through their eyes that we are able to see better.
Sathieseelan Gurulingam Govender, most commonly known as Ronnie Govender, once informed me of the deep leadership of the real-world bus driver, the fruit seller, the fisher, the petrol attendant, the school teacher… and yes, also the fictional world but perhaps not so fictional child of Mothi, the shit-bucket-carrier, in the play
The Lahnee’s Pleasure.
Whether playing the seven-year-old child of Mothi in my grandfather Ronnie Govender’s play… or trying to drink some of the whisky in his cabinet in my early teens… or going for a swim with him in the ocean with my sisters and cousins… or even when dealing with life’s challenges, he always triggered and directed our conscience and ....

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