Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… sense of the exotic. Mokone was one of two sportsmen named by Thabo Mbeki, the South Africa president, as members of the … be another year, though, before Mokone left, held back by red tape. When his passport was issued, he was told, "Stay … Real Madrid, and was then offered a trial with the Dutch side Heracles, who played in the third division. He played …