Brutus expounds on Special Branch interference in sports in line with apartheid ideology of white dominance. Instances of harassment of people and events connected with the South African Sports Association (SASA) are mentioned. Brutus ridicules the apartheid practice of excluding blacks from sports teams and giving black athletes belittling awards. Inequality on the sportsfield is linked to inequalities in democracy in the country and people are urged to look beyond the sportsfield to the realities of the country.
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Sport: Threat to the security of the state
- Origin date
- December 1961
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Sport: Threat to the security of the state. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111283
South African History Online (2016) 'Sport: Threat to the security of the state', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111283 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, Sport: Threat to the security of the state [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111283, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"Sport: Threat to the security of the state." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111283. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Sport: Threat to the security of the state." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111283.
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