ANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games

Updated: 22 Aug 2019

The African National Congress (ANC) in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed to "use its good offices" to facilitate the readmission of South African rugby into international competition on condition that a non-racial controlling board was established. In 1964 South Africa was banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from participating in international games because of its apartheid policy. The agree in Harare followed a meeting between SA Rugby Board's president Danie Craven, ANC representatives and members of the SA Rugby Union was held in Zimbabwe. Seven years later, in 1995, South Africa hosted and won the Rugby World Cup. The event took place after the first South African non-racial polls of 1994.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). ANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148959

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South African History Online. "ANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148959.