P.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues

Date: 20 Dec 1988
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

P.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues

The Sowetan reported that a petition calling for all sports venues to be opened to all races was handed to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition, signed by 30 000 White South Africans, was organised by a Durban housewife, Mrs Lolly Mackenzie. An incident in which a Black pupil was banned from competing in an athletics competition at Menlo Park High School, Pretoria, in February 1987, caused public indignation and resulted in the petition.

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01South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, pp. 42 & 46.
02SAHO Pieter Willem Botha [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 3 December 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). P.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012797

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South African History Online. "P.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012797.