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BiographyReginald Dudley Forde
… of new developments in a changing South Africa. An ardent sports fanatic, Forde has collected a number of awards in his …
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
Charles Bennett (Buck) Llewellyn was born in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced meant that Llewellyn was…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… months in mid-1941. His father was housed in a camp at the sports club on Gezira [Zamalek] island in Cairo, and the …
BiographyTraci Mackie
Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called Blackburn in Scotland. When she was nine years old, her parents decided to…
EventWalter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”
On 26 June 1954 Walter Sisulu addressed a meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) at the Communal Hall in Johannesburg. At the meeting he a spurred…
A State Presidential Proclamation widening the Group Areas Act preventing multi-racial sport
A State Presidential Proclamation, widening powers of the Group Areas Act, is published in a bid to prevent multi-racial matches at Pietermaritzburg's Aurora…
United Nations, India an the Boycott of Apartheid Sport by E.S. Reddy
BiographyJon Lynton David Hrusa
… of the Year as well as the Allied/M-Net South Africa Sports Photographer of the Year. He has won multiple South …
BiographyOmar Badsha
… Francis". In 2024, he was a recipient of the Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture's Living Legends Project. In 2025, …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula –…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the apartheid system. Mnguni was…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… community while maintaining separate racial development in sports. The group advocated for more fundamental change in … forces but never lost sight of their…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
Francois Pienaar was born on 1st January 1969 in Vereeniging into a working class Afrikaner family. Although he participated in various sporting activities as…
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of…
Sport- As Part Of Culture and Education, and Its Relationship To The Struggle by Vusi Mavuso
From: Spark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
Letter of intent concerning arts, culture, science and technology and sport between South Africa and Bulgaria.
Gerhard (Spiekeries) Viviers (72), former popular radio and TV sport commentator and actor, dies of cancer.
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… role with her son, Peter in stopping white South African sports tours with militant protests. Adelaine Hain was born …
Freedom’s Blind Spots: Figurations of Race and Caste in the PostColony by Ari Sitas, Ambedkar University, Delhi
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
During Apartheid, South Africa was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - the…
Mondli Gungubele, trade unionist and MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture, Gauteng Provincial Government 1999-, is bor
BiographyAhmed Timol
… sporting establishment to embrace a non-racial ethos in sports. Timol was an internationalist, acutely aware that the …
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
Mohammed Cassim Bassa the estate agent and community leader was born on 11 August 1925 in India. He was the eighth of nine children of Mohammed Bassa, a…
BiographyGideon Mendel
… Photo Essay 1993 World Press Photo: 1st Prize, Sports Stories 1991 World Press Photo: 2nd Prize, …
Cassim Mohammed Bassa, estate agent, community leader and sport activist, dies in Johannesburg where he is attending a meeting
Apartheid and the Removal of Black Spots from Lake Bhangazi in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa by Bradley Skelcher
Anti-apartheid sport personalities Rama Reddy and Krish Mackerdhuj are arrested during a demonstration in front of the Durban h
Indonesia announces the severance of diplomatic and commercial relations with South Africa, and the closure of Indonesian ports
Moses Siphosezwe Amos Masango, MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Mpumalanga Provincial Government and former ANC off
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… first moves by Vorster to alleviate isolation was in the sports field. Verwoerd’s sport policy had said that another country with a multi-racial sports team…