DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THE STRUGGLES AGAINST APARTHEID AND MINORITY RULE, MANY JOURNALISTS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HIGHLIGHTING THE STRUGGLES THROUGH THEIR WORK. ONE SUCH JOURNALIST WAS SUBRY GOVENDER, WHO IN THE 1970s and 1980s PROMOTED THE CAUSE BY REPORTING THE CAMPAIGNS FOR NEWS ORGANISATIONS AND RADIO STATIONS TO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. SUBRY SUPPLIED THE NEWS TO NEWS OUTLETS IN EUROPE, AMERICA, CANADA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND SINGAPORE. BECAUSE OF HIS WORK SUBRY WAS PURSUED AND PERSECUTED BY THE APARTHEID SECURITY POLICE. HE WAS BANNED AND HOUSE ARRESTED, DETAINED, AND DENIED HIS PASSPORT FOR 10 YEARS. HE WAS ONLY GRANTED HIS PASSPORT IN MARCH 1990 AFTER NELSON MANDELA WAS RELEASED FROM LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
I recollect this period I was at your house and we had lunch but you was too afraid to talk.
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