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eventREF E-0093754Revised

12 October 1968

SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.

SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.

Updated
30 Sep 2019
SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.

The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, said he would admit white South Africans to the African Games provided that competitions in South Africa are held without racial discrimination. Eight years later (1976), Tanzania refused to go when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ignored demands for New Zealand to be expelled because their rugby team was touring the banned South Africa. On the eve of the opening ceremony, Ganga called a boycott of 21 other African countries, joined by Iraq and Guyana

How we know this

  1. 01O’Malley P. ‘1968’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 18 September 2012)
  2. 02NDTV, (2012), ‘Olympics History: 1976 MONTREAL’, 12 July, [online], available at https://sports.ndtv.com (Accessed: 18 September 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, October 4). SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093754

South African History Online (2012) 'SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.', South African History Online, 4 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093754 (Accessed: 8 November 2026).

South African History Online, SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093754, (accessed 8 November 2026).

"SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.." South African History Online, 4 Oct. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093754. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.." South African History Online. October 4, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093754.

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