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Ronnie Govender’s At the Edge was seen by hundreds of thousands over many years. Pat Pillai recalls his time with him in the 80s, and the first staging of this iconic piece of theatre. ....
Dr Neilesh Bose is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in global and comparative history at the University of Victoria, Canada. A historian of modern South Asia, his interests include colonialism and decolonisation, post-colonial history, nationalism, literary history and intellectual history. As I write these words, news of deaths of loved ones near and far appear in incomprehensibly quick formats. Some related to the Covid-19 pandemic, some not. All devastating. This week, news hit the world of the passing of Ronnie Govender, playwright, poet, activist, and a man of the theatre. Tributes and memorials will pour in from throughout South Africa, from the vast Indian diaspora throughout the world, and people in all corners of the world touched by his writing, his activism, and his giant-hearted approach to life and work. ....
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 ....