THE LIFE OF PERCY SUBBIAH BOYA GOVENDER - A DESCENDANT OF INDENTURED LABOURERS

(Percy mamha with his siblings at a Muniamma Social Club function. In the picture from (left to right): Late Patcha Govender, Savundalay Padaychee (Dundee), Late Salatachi Subramoney (Ottawa), Late Peri Nadasen Govender (Port Shepstone), Isaac Munsamy Govender (Northdale, Pietermaritzburg) and Late Percy Govender.) THE LIFE OF PERCY SUBBIAH BOYA GOVENDER - A DESCENDANT OF INDENTURED LABOURERS MR SUBBIAH BOYA GOVENDER, WHO WAS KNOWN AS PERCY, WAS BORN IN DAYAL ROAD, CLAIRWOOD, IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CITY OF DURBAN ON 25TH NOVEMBER 1930, TO PARENTS WHO WERE THE FIRST GENERATION CHILDREN OF INDENTURED(SLAVES) LABOURERS. HE WAS ONE OF 14 CHILDREN BORN TO MUNIAMMA AND COOPOOSAMY GOVENDER. HIS LIFE STORY WAS TOLD TO HIS NEPHEW, SUBRY GOVENDER, A STRUGGLE JOURNALIST DURING THE STRUGGLES AGAINST APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA. THIS IS A RADIO FEATURE PRODUCED AS A TRIBUTE TO MR GOVENDER AFTER HE PASSED ON ON DECEMBER 7 2012. HIS LIFE STORY IS A MEMORABLE HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLES OF HIS PARENTS AND THEIR EARLY LIVES IN DAYAL ROAD, CLAIRWOOD. THIS RADIO FEATURE IS A HISTORY LESSON FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF THE MUNIAMMA AND COOPOOSAMY FAMILY. LISTEN AND LEARN: