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Farewell Messages To Mr Gm Govender

WINGEN HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOLRef: https://whss.co.za/farewell-messages-to-mr-gm-govender.html

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Source domain: whss.co.za

Collected on 30 July 2026

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What this means

This document is a webpage-style compilation of farewell messages to retiring principal Mr GM Govender of Wingen Heights Secondary School (WHSS) in Shallcross, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The messages include tributes from school leadership, educators, parents, students/ex-students, and external community figures (including SAPS Chatsworth Social Crime Prevention and a South African Principals Association colleague), praising his leadership, discipline, and contributions since his stewardship from 1996 and his roles at the school. It celebrates his retirement and expresses wishes for health and happiness, with multiple personal notes and quotations.

Facts

Places

eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal

Reference

https://whss.co.za/farewell-messages-to-mr-gm-govender.html

Key Takeaways

  • Subject: Farewell messages to retiring Principal Mr GM Govender
  • School: Wingen Heights Secondary (WHSS), Wingen Walk, Shallcross, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Mr Govender appointment as Head of Department: Commerce in June 2003
  • Tenure mentioned: until January 2008 (as described in the messages)
  • Stewardship at WHSS mentioned as since 1996
  • Retirement referenced as forthcoming/at end of term of office
  • External senders include SAPS Chatsworth Social Crime Prevention unit and a South African Principals Association (executive) colleague
  • Mr GM Govender
  • Wingen Heights Secondary School
  • Logan Pillay (Principal: Glenview Primary School)
  • Lieutenant Derrick Chetty (SAPS Chatsworth Social Crime Prevention)
  • Pat Govender (Principal: Arena Park Secondary)
  • Edmund S Chetty (Retired Chief Superintendent of Education)
  • South African Principals Association (executive)
  • SAPS Chatsworth
  • Chatsworth Social Crime Prevention unit
  • Marianne Dhevar (Team Leader: Customer Services)
  • Edmund S Chetty
  • Roginie
  • David Beckham (mentioned as a comparison in a message)
  • Gordon Ramsay (mentioned as a comparison in a message)
  • Warren Buffett (mentioned as a comparison in a message)
  • Brad Pitt (mentioned as a comparison in a message)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (quoted)