Scores of families, friends and comrades of the late struggle stalwart, Sunny Singh, have started to arrive at the Kendra Hall in Durban for his special official funeral.

Singh passed away last Thursday at the age of 86.

He was a member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in 1956 and was later recruited into uMkhonto weSizwe, the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Durban Central Area.

The ANC mourns the passing of Comrade Sunny Girja Singh, an MK-trained commander, Robben Island prisoner and lifelong revolutionary who dedicated more than six decades to the struggle for justice, non-racialism and freedom. A selfless cadre who placed the people above himself, he… pic.twitter.com/UsGKTCMP0Y

— ANC – African National Congress (@MYANC) November 21, 2025

In 1964, he was imprisoned on Robben Island, where he spent 10 years behind bars for his role in the struggle against apartheid.

A friend for over 20 years, Shaun Pillay, says he will forever remember Sunny’s humility and the abundance of struggle stories he frequently told.

“Sunny was a person that treated everyone equally, he treated everyone with respect and he loved people. He loved sharing his stories and I never saw Sunny angry. He explained concepts to people, and he explained the struggle so that we, the younger generation, had a very good understanding of what happened in the 60s, 70s and 80s,” says Pillay.

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