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New identities and the construction of heritage

New identities and the construction of heritage

… and national pride - Unity in Diversity. National sports teams were created Under apartheid, national sports teams were made up of whites only. South Africa was … teams. History of Soccer in South Africa (sections on the sports boycott and the 2010 world cup) An interesting article …

South Africa and the Olympic Games

… is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in … only when an old newspaper clipping was discovered that sports historians discovered the truth. In this cutting Len … only wrote his name as “K.K.McArthur” on his entry form, sports reporters who knew he was called “Ken” assumed his …

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The Gauteng Academy of Sport, in conjunction with the universities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand and Vaal Uni

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South Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, as a result of South Africa’s apartheid stand in sport.

Learning about history through writing

… Board shortly following the end of the international sports boycott due to the apartheid. South Africa …

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape portrait

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape

Marcus Solomon portrait

Marcus Solomon

… his socialization. For Solomon, non-racialism began when sports communities started playing together across colour and … significant for the players. Solomon felt that playing sports together helped young people overcome sectional …

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The Nigerian President of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) states that Britain and other countries maintaining sp

Opening speech of the 17th General Assembly of the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa, Johannesburg, November 19, 1998

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Nineteen youths, under whom four South Africans, are killed in an adventure sport accident near Interlaken, in the Swiss Alps.

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The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

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Gert Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation in the Republic of South Africa since 10 May 2004, is born.

Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu portrait

Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu

Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu portrait

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu

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The United Arab Republic informs the United Nations that it has banned South African ships from entering UAR ports, and that, w

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Rev Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa since 1975 and SA minister of sport and recrea

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A Nigerian freighter with 3 500 Liberian war refugees is allowed to dock in Ghana after being turned away from African ports fo

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WWI: The first ships with SA soldiers on board leave for the ports of German South West Africa to invade the territory.

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Stephen Vukile (Steve) Tshwete, former minister of Sport and Recreation and from 1999 up to his death in 2002 minister of Safet

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Kenyans dominate the 106th Boston Marathon, winning both men’s and women’s titles and capturing the four top spots and six of t

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster takes the first cautious step in the direction of a new sport policy by announcing in the House of

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster takes the first cautious step in the direction of a new sport policy by announcing in the House of

Hestrie Cloete portrait

Hestrie Cloete

… Hall of Fame. (2012). Hestrie Cloete from South African Sports and Arts Hall of Fame , online, Available at …

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Marianne Kriel was born on this day

… ↵ [iv] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 141. ↵ [v] … 3, https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/sport/sports-news/olympics-92-08 ↵ [vi] Clinton Botha. 2013. Penny … 3, https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/sport/sports-news/olympics-92-08 ↵ [x] Marianne Kriel – Olympic …

Peter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion

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Peter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion

… 1989 World Powerboat Series.[iii] Peter won the Maccabi Sports Award on three occasions. He competed in the South … Peter has also been awarded the State President’s Sports Award on two occasions.[v] Peter was inducted into the South African Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[vi] He retired from Formula One …

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SABC Sport reporter Maseru Koaho, known for his expertise in football and boxing reporting, is killed in a car crash on the N12

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Mr Denis Howell, the British Minister dealing with sport, says in the House of Commons that if the MCC selects Basil D’Oliviera

Baden Powell portrait

Baden Powell

Peter Scott, South African alpine skier is born

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Peter Scott, South African alpine skier is born

… Canada. [vii] End Notes [i] Peter Scott, http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/peter-scott-3.html … (13 March 2017). ↵ [ii] Peter Scott, http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/peter-scott-3.html … (13 March 2017).|Peter Scott, https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/peter-scott-3.html …