The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today

Origin date: 28 Mar 2023
Updated: 23 Sep 2025

SACOS at 50 — The South African Council on Sport at 50

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The South African Council on Sport (SACOS) was the sports wing of the anti-apartheid liberation movement. It was established in 1973 and disbanded in 2005. Its main aim, at the time, was to lay the ground for all national sport federations to be able to compete in international competition – and not just the teams of the white-minority apartheid state.

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01Copyright © 2010–2025, The Conversation Africa, Inc. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read: https://theconversation.com/the-south-african-council-on-sport-at-50-the-fight-for-sports-development-is-still-relevant-today-202402 — Original articleFrancois Cleophas. (2023). The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today, from The Conversation, 28 March 2023 [online]. Available at https://theconversation.com. Accessed 22 September 2025

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South African History Online. (2025, September 23). The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0153062

South African History Online (2025) 'The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today', South African History Online, 23 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0153062 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

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"The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today." South African History Online, 23 Sept. 2025, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0153062. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today." South African History Online. September 23, 2025. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0153062.