A man of the people, who abhorred corruption, lived a humble life and never hesitated to be critical of the liberation movement in SA.
"Comrade Swami’s life was punctuated with some of the most iconic moments in our struggle since the 1940s.
"He joined the Communist Party of South Africa in 1944 in the Magazine Barracks – a Durban Corporation labour compound for Indian workers on Somtseu Road. "In 1945, he was among the young lions led by Dr Monty Naicker who wrested control of the Natal Indian Congress from the conservative bloc."In 1946 he was an active trade unionist in the leather workers’ union and an organiser in the great Passive Resistance Campaign against the 'Ghetto Act' of residential segregation.
"When the Freedom Charter was drafted and presented at the historic Congress of the People in Kliptown on June 25 and June 26, Comrade Swami was there as an elected delegate." Zikalala said Gounden believed in the vision of the Freedom Charter"that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white".Zikalala said Gounden's activism continued unabated in the underground of the ANC and SACP in spite of persistent harassment by the Security Branch of him and his young family."This is a deeply polarising time locally and globally.
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