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Final curtain call for Ronnie Govender
By Zainul Dawood
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DURBAN - IT IS expected to be an emotional farewell service for South African playwright, activist and author Sathieseelan Gurulingum âRonnieâ Govender on Monday afternoon.
Dr Govender, 85, died on Thursday. He was born in Cato Manor, Durban, and recently moved to Cape Town.
In 2014, the Durban University of Technology (DUT), awarded Govender an honorary doctorate in technology in arts and design, for his contribution to literature and the arts in general as well as his contribution to democracy, peace and justice in South Africa through theatre.
DUTâs interim executive dean for the faculty of arts, Professor Brian Pearce, said that over the years, students from the department of drama and production studies had produced plays that Govender wrote as directing projects. Pearce said these plays had been well received.
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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Johannesburg, May 1
Ronnie Govender, an internationally acclaimed Indian-origin author and playwright known for his books and theatre efforts reflecting the difficulties of the Indian and African communities under apartheid, has died of age-related illness. He was 87.
Govender, who died in South Africa s city of Cape Town on Thursday, was the recipient of the Order of Ikhamanga, among the country s highest national orders, in 2008 for his contributions to democracy, peace and justice in the country through theatre.
In the same year, the media did not miss the irony of his new book ‘In the Manure’ being launched in the beautiful sprawling gardens of the residence of Indian Consul General Navdeep Suri in Johannesburg.