Sathiseelan Gurilingam Govender (1934-05-16)16 May 1934 Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa
Died
29 April 2021(2021-04-29) (aged 86)
Occupation
Playwright and theatre director
Language
English
Notable works
At the Edge and other Cato Manor Stories
Black Chin White Chin
Notable awards
Order of Ikhamanga (Category II: Silver)
Sathiseelan Gurilingam "Ronnie" GovenderOIS (16 May 1934 – 29 April 2021) was a South African playwright, theatre director and activist known for his community theatre efforts. He was known as a pioneer of Indian South African theatre in the country. Some of his notable works included Black Chin White Chin, Song of the Atman, and At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories. At the Edge won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book, Africa.
Govender received the government of South Africa's Order of Ikhamanga in 2008 for his contributions to democracy, peace and justice in the country through theatre.
Sathiseelan Gurilingam "Ronnie" Govender OIS (16 May 1934 – 29 April 2021) was a South African playwright, theatre director and activist known for his...
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also played thirty different characters in a one-woman show titled RonnieGovender. "LEEANDA REDDY – JHB". top-comedians. 23 November 2020. "Leeanda Reddy"...
fiction. Kalaimaamani Awardee. Henry Alfred Krishnapillai, Tamil Poet. RonnieGovender, South African playwright, actor, activist, won the 1997 Commonwealth...
September 2013 Mrs L G Ngcobo, April 2014 Mr Sven Peek, April 2014 Mr RonnieGovender, April 2014 Mr Anant Singh, September 2014 Mr D D B Mkhwanazi, September...
of South Africa judge 8 May – Sibusiso Bengu, politician 16 May – RonnieGovender, playwright and director (d, 2021) 26 May – Dullah Omar, lawyer and...
socio-political culture of apartheid South Africa. Later he joined his cousin RonnieGovender, and Muthal Naidoo in the start up of the Shah Theatre Academy where...
held in Durban, Rive and two other esteemed South African authors, RonnieGovender and Don Mattera, were honoured for their contributions to the fight...
South Pacific Emma Tom Deadset Australia Random House 1997 Africa RonnieGovender At the Edge and other Cato Manor Stories South Africa Hibbard Publishers...
suicide. Laxman Giluwa, 56, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019), COVID-19. RonnieGovender, 86, South African playwright. Michael Greenwood, 86, English footballer...
Sotho Toek Blignaut Afrikaans D.B.Z. Ntuli Zulu Lauretta Ngcobo Tsonga RonnieGovender English André Brink English Peter Abrahams English Lewis Nkosi English...
national director of the LRC until mid-2018, when she was replaced by Nersan Govender. "Jews and the struggle for human rights". South African Jewish Museum...
Riots Spread After Jailing of Zuma". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 July 2021. Govender, Suthentira (9 July 2021). "Millions of rand of KZN infrastructure damaged...
(Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han) South Africa (David Anderson and Yulan Govender) Spain (David Alcaide and Rafael Guzman) Sweden (Marcus Chamat and Tom...
Hlubi Mboya, Ronnie Nyakale, Paballo Koza Action, Crime, Drama English, Zulu Free State Salmon de Jager Nicola Breytenbach, Andrew Govender, Leleti Khumalo...
'fake employees'". citizen.co.za. The Citizen. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Govender, Suthentira (12 May 2020). "Elderly KZN woman killed for her pension by...
blood after he's violently murdered and dumped near a school". Pink News. Govender, Suthentira (April 11, 2021). "Sphamandla Khoza 'died because someone hated...
NP Appointed during the term to fill a casual vacancy. Devagie Govender NP Pregs Govender ANC David Graaff NP Louis Green ACDP Pieter Grobbelaar FF Pieter...
ANC Eastern Cape Vincent Gore DP Gauteng Kobus Gous NNP Gauteng Pregs Govender ANC National Louis Green ACDP National Carl Greyling NNP Western Cape Mannetjies...
anti-apartheid activist, scholar and wife to Joe Slovo (1925–1982) Pregs Govender, human rights activist, former ANC MP, anti-apartheid campaigner (born...
Constitutional Court judge". News24. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2024. Govender, Prega (15 July 2023). "ConCourt rules against SACE in matter involving...
sports shooter. Brian Gibbs, 77, English footballer and manager. Mahalingum Govender, 67–68, South African cricketer. Jerome Gross, 96, American biologist....
University, national team) and actor (Khoon Ki Takkar). Carolina Ödman-Govender, 48, Swiss physicist and academic, pancreatic cancer. Gene Perret, 85,...
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