Letter written by the Lord Killanin of the IOC to Frank Braun president of the South African National Olympic Committee, 1967

South Africa and the Olympic Games

BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Gr

A British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport

In May 1962 Dennis Brutus, Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor o

Porterville

Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck establish

Police station operations, 1986, The making of a traitor, by Sarah Sussens, The Sunday Star, 9 November 1986

Police station operations, 1986, Sprag given 25, Sowetan, 7 November 1986

Police station operations, 1986, South African white arrested in blasts, by Alan Cowell, New York Times, 10 March 1986