‘ SACOS, inundated with calls requesting clarification on a matter of principle - could players playing in non-racial sports organisations (e.g. Soccer) play in any other code which has a racial content - issued the following statement:

"Any person, whether he is a player, an administrator or a spectator, committed to the non-racial principle in sport, shall not participate in or be associated with any other codes of sport which practice, perpetuate or condone racialism or multi-nationalism.

Players and/or administrators disregarding the. essence of this principle shall be guilty of practising double-standards, and cannot, therefore, be members of any organisation affiliated to SACOS."

The policy statement was endorsed at a general meeting held in June 1977 on a motion by Mr Abe Adams and the late Mr George Singh.

The release of this statement was necessary and created a clear dividing line between racist and non-racial sport.

At a meeting held on 1st September 1979 the late Mr D Abbass motivated that "people who serve on racial bodies cannot be part of SACOS". This was sup­ported by Mr R Feldman. A subsequent resolution at the same meeting moved by Sheikh Booley and Mr C Walker read;

"No member of SACOS shall in any way condone, encourage, foster or advo­cate racialism or discrimination in any form and no individual associated with SACOS or its members shall in any way condone, encourage, foster or advo­cate racialism or discrimination in any way whatsoever, and for the purposes of this clause, the participation in, association with or support of all forms of government bodies designed to entrench and/or promote the separateness of people via bodies such as the "Coloured Persons Representative Council, The South African Indian Council, Local Affairs Committees, Community Councils, Management Committees and the like", or any successors thereto, shall be deemed to condone or encourage or foster or advocate racialism and dis­crimination."

was adopted on 1st September 1979.

These two resolutions formed the cornerstone of subsequent SACOS policy which was motivated by affiliates at various SACOS meetings. At all times, resolutions were adopted with the view to advancing the non-racial sport strug­gle and not the policies of any given political tendency.

Many other incidents have been used to portray an aligned position for the or­ganisation or to demonstrate preference for one political tendency or another or to show that the organisation is hostile to any given tendency.

The 1983 SACOSPORT and Liberation Conference held concurrently in CaP Town with the launch of the United Democratic Front is but another exampj[ Yet, on numerous occasions it had been explained that the decision to hC' the Conference during August 1983 was taken early May after it was announc^ that Dr Craven’s S A Rugby Board was holding an international propagano press conference at the Arthur Seat Hotel. The SACOS Conference was he'' to coincide with the arrival of press reporters from all over the world and it felt that maximum benefit for the cause of non-racial sport would be derive* from the international exposure. Similarly, it might well be that the organisel^ of the UDF launch felt that the presence of the international media in the countf over that weekend would serve to publicise the organisation. SACOS at stage objected to the holding of the two meetings over the same period of tim^

In hindsight, it may well have been a mistake not to send emissaries to the meeting on Saturday August 23, 1983. That decision was taken not by an dividual or the Executive but by the full conference at which all SACOS affiliate were present because of the pressure of time.

On the other hand, changes in existing policies are condemned and used show that SACOS is pandering to the wishes of minority sectors of the op pressed community or those who can afford the luxuries granted by conceS' sions to State laws. A case in point is the decision to change the resolution oi' the use of University campus facilities where the majority of the student mas support non-racial sport. The decision to bring student clubs into the fold o' the SACOS affiliates and to make use of facilities on the campuses was takei’ after a number of meetings with student bodies and discussions at ConfereO' ces. It was taken in a totally democratic manner and individuals in different aP filiates who decided not to accept it because of their own political perception® have created division in our ranks.

The liberal press gave much prominence to the campaign of the South Africai Rugby Board to get back into international rugby through Africa and the resul; tant talks held in Harare between the ANC, the South African Rugby Board aoO our affiliate the South African Rugby Union. The South African Rugby Uniof’ Executive on their return to South Africa reported back to their affiliates and requested a meeting with the SACOS Executive. After receiving the report th® Executive issued the following statement:

"The Executive Committees of the South African Council on Sport (SACOS) and the South African Rugby Union (SARU) met in Cape Town on SaturdaV’ 22 October 1988. SARU briefed SACOS fully on the recent talks betweef^ SARU, the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African RugbV Board.

The meeting also gave attention to the various reports which have appeared in the media. From SARU’s report it is clear that a number of these reports contain misconceptions, incorrect conclusions and distortions. Reports that a split between SACOS and SARU is imminent are malicious and totally un­founded.

The SACOS Executive Committee accepts that SARU has acted in the spirit of non-racialism and in accordance with the aims and objectives of the broad liberatory movement".Various interpretations were placed on the motives of the Executive and two publications in particular launched a scathing political attack on the Executive and SARU. Whilst no attempts were made to ascertain the facts of the Rugby initiative SARU was accused of a political sell-out. By implication the Execu­tive was similarly accused.

The Executive report was tabled at a General Meeting on 3rd December 1988. Our position on the rugby development was accepted without opposition. Clearly, therefore, the affiliates did not agree with the position of organisations who maliciously interpreted the SARU position as a sell-out.

Despite this, further articles appeared in January 1989 published by the same tendencies continuing the attack on SARU. Subtly the attack is also masked in a "Save SACOS" campaign pamphlet.

These publications and pamphlets have and will continue to create serious division within the ranks of SACOS. The use of SACOS mastheads and emblems in these publications seem to fuel suspicions of alignment. SACOS is being used surreptitiously to attack other tendencies and organisations.

Accusations are made that SACOS is being used as the testing ground for a negotiated settlement and that the condoning of the unity talks between SARU and the SARB by SACOS is a major shift in SACOS policy.

In 1976 the Executive of SACOS, at the time, issued a press release welcom­ing talks between the South African Cricket Union, the South African Cricket Board and the South African Cricket Board of Control, if such talks would bring about fundamental and principled unity of all cricketers. The SACU deviously used the talks to arrange a match between a Derrick Robins XI and a SAC- BOC X I. SACOS subsequently condemned this and the history of the SAC- BOC sell-out is well docum ent^.

Despite these developments non-racial cricket under the banner of the South African Cricket Board has never been as strong and racist cricket never as iso­lated internationally.

Other SApOS affiliates also participated in dialogue with racist organisations over a period of time. At all times there was a clear understanding as to th« nature and purpose of these talks. A clear assessment of the tactical needs for such talks was made.

Sport as a worldwide voluntary activity and the international sports boycofl continuously faces challenges and manoeuvres from apartheid sport and theif international allies. For tactical reasons and on the advice of fraternal organisa­tions locally and internationally SACOS affiliates have participated in dialogue if it was necessary to expose the dishonest manoeuvres of racist sport.

At various SACOS conferences the matter of dialogue with racist sport or­ganisations has been debated. Whilst to many it may be contentious, a decision was taken in 1979 when it was decided that dialogue could take place with the proviso that a SACOS official is present to monitor developments.

It is my considered view that such talks cannot be equated with political col­laboration and allusions to a major policy shift in SACOS are mischievous and are certainly not deserving of organisations who purport to have a fraternal relationship with SACOS.

Since 1976 the oppressed people have shown tremendous political awareness. This has been achieved through the hard work of numerous worker, student, political and other community organisations. The South African Council on Sport cannot provide a forum for attacks on political perspectives of any given tendency. Instead it has always strived to use the best of all tendencies to plot unity amongst non-racial sportspersons.

At the end of the day sportspersons who may belong to the various political tendencies have a common interest and enemy. Whilst differences of opinion are necessary to advance democratic practices we cannot allow unnecessary divisions in our ranks to benefit racism in sport and society.

SACOS GENERAL MEETINGS

Because of the tensions outlined above SACOS meetings over the past 4 years resorted mainly to sorting out internal crises. Intolerance of views expressed and political posturing during debates made it extremely difficult for conferen­ces to objectively analyse ways of advancing the non-racial sport struggle. Some positions put forward by delegates at meetings were not related to the perceptions of rank and file sportspersons. As a result confusion exists amongst sportspersons about the policy stances of the organisation on many issues. This confusion has also given rise to a situation where opportunistic flouting of resolutions has arisen.

After the 1987 BGM held in Johannesburg General Meetings were held in Dur­ban during October 1987, Port Elizabeth during March 1988, Johannesburg (General and Extraordinary General Meeting) during July 1988 and East Lon­don on the 3/4 December 1988.

The Councils of Sport must be complimented and thanked for the excellent way they hosted the General Meetings.

PRESIDENTS MEETING

A meeting of the SACOS Executive members and the Presidents of the affiliates was held in Cape Town on December 55,1987. AT the meeting the report of the ICAAS Conference in Harare was tabled. At this meeting too it was unan­imously resolved that SACOS and its affiliates would be part of a rally due to be organised the following weekend to mark the release of Comrade Govan Mbeki. Because of indications of massive support for the rally the State chose to ban it and an alternate meeting.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

After the 7th BGM regular meetings of the Executive members based in Cape Town were held. A successful planning meeting for the full Executive was held in Cape Town on 20/21 June 1987. Further meetings were held in December 1987, April 17 and May 6,1988. During this period serious problems of an ad­ministrative nature developed on the Executive. This hampered the work of the organisation and virtually the entire General Meeting held in Port Elizabeth during March 1988 was spent on attempts to resolve the matter. The Execu­tive was specifically called upon to resolve their problem. Their inability to do so resulted in the call for an extraordinary general meeting. This was held In Johannesburg on 16 July 1988. At this meeting the President, Mr Frank van der Horst resigned.

During his term of office, Mr van der Horst, led delegations of the Executive to meetings with New Unity Movement, The United Democratic Front, Azapo and Nactu. Also to the Launch of the New Metal Workers’ Union (NUMSA) on 22- 24 May 1987 and the Special COSATU Conference held in Johannesburg on 14-15 May 1988.

A further executive meeting was held in Cape Town on August 21,1988.

MEETINGS WITH PROGRESSIVE ORGANISATIONS

1.NEW UNITY MOVEMENTThis meeting was arranged in Cape Town on Sunday June 21,1987 and took place during the meeting of the SACOS Executive. All SACOS Executive mem­bers except Mr G Bam were present.

2. UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT

The meeting was held in Johannesburg on Saturday 19 September 1987 ai attended by Messrs F van der Horst, S B Gumede, A E Adams and A Ganda - hai of the SACOS Executive.

3. AZANIAN PEOPLES ORGANISATION

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This was held in Johannesburg on Sunday September 20, 1987 and attended ! by Messrs F van der Horst, C R Clarke, S B Gumede, A E Adams and A GaF ' dabhai for the SACOS Executive. '

4.NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONSI

This meeting was held on Sunday September 20,1987 and attended by Messrs F van der Horst, C Clarke, S Gumede, A E Adams and A Gandahbai for th« SACOS Executive.

Detailed reports of this meeting were tabled at General Council meetings. If terms of directives obtained from the General Council the meetings with th® progressive tendencies served the purpose of informing these organisations of the policy directions of SACOS and to cement relationships.

THE NATIONAL SPORTS CONGRESS

On April 6, 1988 the Executive was informed that a new co-ordinating sports council was in the process of being formed. Immediate attempts were made to arrange a meeting with the organisation. With the assistance of the Presi­dent of SARU. Mr E S Patel, the meeting was arranged for May 7,1988. A joint statement released after the meeting stated .

"Delegations from SACOS and the National Sports Congress (NSC) met at the weekend and discussed the sports situation in the country and matters of com­mon concern and interest.

Newspaper speculation of the formation of the rival organisation and a split within SACOS are unfounded. The position of SACOS in the non-racial sports movement was recognised and confirmed.

Both delegations undertook to report-back to their organisations and have ac­cepted that ongoing discussions will be necessary."

Subsequent attempts were made to have further meetings with the sports con­gress. During the July conference in Johannesburg both the acting President and I attempted to set a date for a meeting with their officials who were present. Subsequent correspondence calling for a meeting met with little success. During November 1988, Mr Krish Naidoo telephoned to set up a meeting with the SACOS executive in East London on the evening prior to the SACOS

general meeting. This was agreed to. The meeting was held and since there was no opportunity to prepare a written report it was agreed that the report would be prepared to the satisfaction of both organisers before circulation.

At the first meeting and subsequent to that tlie NSC had persistently stated that it regarded SACOS as the authentic non-racial sports organisation in the country and that its intent was to organise non-racial sport in those areas where SACOS affiliates for a number of reasons were unable to do so. It emphasised the need for non-racial sport to be organised in all areas of the country. They indicated as an example the problems created by the State’s Joint Manage­ment Councils in forcibly indoctrinating the youth in sports camps.

To our surprise we received a report from the Border Council of Sport of a meeting they had in East London with the NSC. In terms of the report the NSC has decided unilaterally to go it alone and have nothing further to do with SACOS . Amongst reasons given for this decision in the report are matters which have already been clarified in meetings with certain progressive politi­cal tendencies. One other reason given, that the Executive orchestrated a meeting on the night before the general meeting in order to be able to file a report the next day, is totally devoid of truth and the explanation of events pre­viously outlined indicate this.

I must point out that the new position of the NSC has not been directly com­municated to SACOS.

If any meetings are held with the NSC in the future there must be broader rep­resentation from both sides. The SACOS Executive and the Presidents of Af­filiates should make up the delegation.

THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST APARTHEID SPORT

The Conference was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 5,6,7 November 1987.

SACOS indirectly received information about the Conference. At the General Meeting held in Durban during October 1987 it was agreed that since a meet­ing of such importance was going to be held so near to South Africa that SACOS should be represented. The Executive met and it was agreed that at­tempts be made to secure funds for the full executive to attend. The late Mr Morgan Naidoo and Dr Errol Vawda indicated that they would be unable to at­tend. In communications with Mr Sam Ramsamy it was established that SACOS and all other invited organisations would only be allowed two delegates each.

Mr F van der Horst, then President, and I applied for passports since it was agreed that we would be the official delegates. In view of the uncertainty about obtaining our travel documents other members were requested to make arran­gements to attend the meeting.

Mr van der Horst was refused his travel documents and I was given a passpo^ to go to Mauritius only for one month,

Messrs Abe Adams and Gert Bam left early and they were followed by the of ficial delegation of Messrs Y Ebrahim, K Mackerdhuj and S Gumede.

Initially problems were experienced with the size of the delegation. These weK sorted out to allow us two but all the members of the delegation were receive by representatives of organisations from throughout the world. Press ah< Radio interviews were conducted and meetings held with Mr Sam Rarnsam!/ of SAN-ROC.

The SAGOS newsletter prepared by the late Mr Morgan Naidoo was extreme­ly well received.

DECLARATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINSf APARTHEID SPORT (HARARE), ZIMBABWE - 5-7 NOVEMBER 1987

The International Conference against Apartheid Sport held in Harare, Zim­babwe from 5 to 7 November 1987 was organised by the Supreme Council foi Sport in Africa, the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, the Union of African Sports Confederations and the South African Non-Raciaf Olympic Committee, in co-operation with the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Cul­ture of the Government of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Olympic Committee and with the support of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. Its purpose was to take stock of the progress and achieve­ment of the boycott of apartheid sport, and to formulate strategies and plans for further action, in the light of the upsurge of resistance against apartheid, in South Africa and the development of International solidarity with the struggle of the South African people for a non-racial, democratic society.

The Conference was attended by the representatives of Governments, includ­ing several Ministers of Sport, the United Nations, the Organisation of African Unity and the Commonwealth Secretariat; of international, regional and na­tional sports organisations; of anti-apartheid movements and other organisa­tions active in the campaign for the boycott of apartheid sports; of national liberation movements (The African National Congress of South Africa, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, the South West Africa People's Organisation and the Palestine Liberation Organisation); and of the South African Council of Sports, together with a number of other invitees from inside South Africa. A number of experts attended as special invitees.

The Conference began with an address by the Hon. Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and Chairman of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, who said;

" / urge you in your deliberations to strengthen further the efforts we are making at the United Nations, the Organisation of African Unity, the International Olym­pic Committees and, indeed, at the level of local sports confederations for the total elimination of apartheid in sports ...

As long as apartheid exists, sporting contacts with apartheid sportsmen must remain excluded and banned."

The keynote address was delivered by the Chairman of the United Nations Spe­cial Committee against Apartheid, H.E. Major-General J N Garba.

The Hon. David l.G. Karimanzira, Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture of Zim­babwe was then elected President of the Conference.

The Conference conducted its work in plenary sessions, as well as in three commissions which dealt in detail with the public campaigns against apartheid sport, especially in such countries as the United Kingdom and the United States where there is continuing collaboration with apartheid sport; with the progress of exclusion of apartheid South Africa from international sports bodies and competitions; and with the propaganda and manoeuvres by the apartheid regime, its sportsmen and its collaborators, in an effort to deceive world opinion and disrupt the boycott.

At the conclusion of its deliberations, the Conference adopted the following declaration.

DECLARATION OF HARARE AGAINST APARTHEID SPORT

We, the participants at the International Conference against Apartheid Sport, recognise that apartheid as a system defies any meaningful reform; apartheid must be destroyed, root and branch. We recognise, too, that there can be no normal sport in an apartheid society; one in which the distribution of resour­ces is grossly distorted on grounds of race and where children and the youth are effectively denied equality of facilities and equality of opportunity on grounds of race. Such discrimination on the grounds of race constitutes the very antithesis of the principles for which the Olympic Movement - and all fair- minded sportspeople - stand.

We share the conviction that the menace of racism is one of the greatest perils facing the world today. South Africa is not unique in harbouring and tolerat­ing racist practices, but we believe it to be uniquely evil in that it entrenches them in its Constitution, it erects an economy built on racial exploitation, and it perpetuates the greatest continuing denial of human rights of our time. The world community must confront the obscenity of apartheid successfully if less overt and less extreme racism elsewhere is to be eradicated. It is, too, an evil which transcends its borders to bring death, destruction and untold misery to South Africa’s neighbours.

The conference meets against the background of an unprecedented upsurge in resistance to apartheid as a result of which Pretoria has launched a brutal and violent offensive, aimed largely at black youth, in order to terrorise then into submission to the apartheid regime. That these atrocities are taking plac® under the shield of a state of emergency and are screened from world view by draconian censorship, places a special responsibility on the world community to take every possible step to force Pretoria to end its repression and violence^ to release the political prisoners and seek a peaceful solution in a meaningful dialogue with the true representatives of the majority population. In this, free sportsmen and women, as representatives of world youth, have a unique role to place in demonstrating their solidarity with apartheid’s victims.

The Conference views the sports boycott in the context of the wider struggle against apartheid in which a range of sanctions play a most important role, not only as a convincing demonstration of solidarity with the peoples of South Africa and Namibia, but also as a tangible contribution by the international com­munity to enable the oppressed peoples to secure their ultimate liberty with the minimum of suffering and vioience.

I n reviewing the success of the sports boycott to date, the Conference expres­ses its satisfaction with the progress made in excluding South African from in­ternational sports boycotts and competitions to the point where South Africa is now excluded from at least 90 percent of world sports activities. Participants record the contributions to this success, often at great sacrifice, by many in­dividuals, organisations and governments, and particularly by sportspeople from all over the world. In particular, we welcome the renewed condemnation of apartheid by the International Olympic Committee and the undertakings of its President and Executive Committee that South Africa will not be readmitted to the Olympic Movement until apartheid has been eradicated and that no mis­sion will be sent to South Africa without the full agreement of the African mem­bers of the IOC and African sports leaders.

The importance of the sports boycott is demonstrated by the strenuous efforts being made by, and on behalf of, the Pretoria regime as it seeks to disrupt the boycott by subterfuge and with financial inducements. In this it is aided by some sports administrators outside the country, who refuse to take appropriate action against violations of international rules and, as in rugby, wilfully ignore blatant breaches of the amateur code. It is aided also by the reluctance of some governments to take action and who lobby In defence of the apartheid regime.

The Conference is deeply conscious of the strenuous attempts being made by the Pretoria regime to foster externally an illusion of change by presenting a facade of integrated sport within South Africa through a massive propaganda campaign. Participants condemn this as an empty sham, and one which will continue to be so for as long as many millions of blacks remain banished to

the bantustan "homelands" and the great majority of the population - as a mat­ter of deliberate government policy - continue to receive receive grossly inade­quate facilities for education, health and sport

THE TASKS AHEAD

In determining the tasks which lie ahead in order to make the sports boycott totally effective, the Conference identifies in particular the following main areas for immediate action:

-A front against apartheid sport will be established, bringing together govern­ments and sports organisations of Africa, the national liberation movements, the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, other supportive governments and anti-apartheid movements around the world in order to con­solidate international action against apartheid.

-All states who have not yet done so should sign, ratify and strictly implement the U.N. International Convention against Apartheid in Sports so strengthen­ing international action against apartheid sport.

-All governments and concerned organisations should extend full support and co-operation to the Special Committee against Apartheid and others active in the campaign against apartheid sports and make maximum use of the U.N. Register of Sports Contact with South Africa in taking action against col­laborators with apartheid.

-Governments, sports bodies and other organisations should provide SAN- ROC, which has made an outstanding contribution to the international cam­paign over the past 255 years, with resources adequate to meet its expanding responsibilities.

-The U.N. Special Committee against Apartheid, the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa and other bodies should further strengthen their co-operation with SAN-ROC for more effective co-ordination of the international campaign and to perform such tasks as -

(a) ensuring the most effective exchanges of information between organisa­tions active in the campaign;

(b) developing strategies and setting goals for the international campaign so as to ensure maximum effectiveness, including identifying international sports federations and commercial sponsors which should be the focus of particular attention, and according priority to the complete exclusion of South Africa from world cricket and world rugby;

(c) countering apartheid propaganda;

-The special contribution being made by anti-apartheid sports bodies and theif members inside South Africa who by staunchly supporting the international boycott in the face of repressions and harassment, should be made more wide­ly known and recognised around the world;

-The IOC is requested to adopt a code of conduct in respect of sports contact with South Africa, and shouid ensure that the International Tennis Federation stops all contact between its members and South African players as soon as tennis becomes an Olympic sport.

-Governments should take action to prevent the use of "passports of con­venience" by South Africans and other sportspersons residing in South Africa.

CONCLUSION

We recognise that a solemn duty devolves upon sportspeople and sports ad­ministrators around the world to be true to the ethics of sport and so to op­pose apartheid, not just in words but also in deeds.

We are mindful of the fact that it was the success of the sports boycott which brought about the fist breaches of apartheid's doctrine of racial separation, a success which demonstrates that the imposition of effective sanctions is the only proven means by which the internationai community can enabie the op­pressed people to secure the total destruction of apartheid. By strengthening and making complete the isolation of apartheid sport, sports administrators and sportspersons would not only be securing the elimination of discrimina­tion in sport but making a significant contribution to the greater cause of freedom in South Africa and Namibia.

THE COSATU SPECIAL CONGRESS

A special congress of COSATU was held in Johannesburg on May 14-151988 to discuss the restriction placed on the organisation on 24 February 1988. These restrictions prevent the organisation together with 16 others "from car­rying on or performing any activities or acts whatsoever". SACOS was invited to send a delegation of 5 to the congress and were represented by Messrs F van der Horst, C Ciarke, S Gumede, R Feldman and Dr E Vawda.

The Congress held in-depth discussions on the Labour Relations Amendment Bill, Orderly Political Bill and the restrictions placed gn the democratic move­ment. In planning campaigns against all restrictions the call for a conference of national unity was made.

THE ANTI - APARTHEID CONFERENCE

The Executive indirectly heard that an anti-apartheid conference was scheduled for some time in September 1988. It was also informed that SACOS would be invited. Whilst no formal approach was made we obtained details of

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who would be invited and what the content of the conference would be. The Executive consulted with affiliates throughout the country about attending the conference since indications were that groups unacceptable to SACOS under its present policies were to be present.

The conference was confirmed for Cape Town on September 24-25,1988. At­tempts to contact the organisers to clarify matters finally succeeded when a delegation of the SACOS executive met with a delegation of the organisers on September 22.

A report of this meeting outlining the SACOS position and that of the organisers was tabled at General Meeting in December.

The State banned the conference and at a press conference held on Septem­ber 23 the Acting President, Yusuf (Joe) Ebrahim, released the following state­ment;

"The banning by the State of the Anti-Apartheid Conference scheduled for this week-end once again demonstrates its inability to rule except by decree. At the same time, it shows that the State cannot propagate its policies unless it removed all the organisations of the oppressed and exploited from the politi­cal arena.

Although SACOS could not identify with certain of the organisations invited to the conference we, nevertheless, condemn such dictatorial action. It will not stop the oppressed from continuing the struggle for liberation. For every per­son deta in^, for every organisation that is banned, there will be another to continue opposition to the Government’s Policies.

SACOS, as an organisation involved in the struggle for a non-racial democratic society in which non-racial sport can flourish, is committed to the concept of unity in the ranks of the oppressed. Our approach is that we will support in­itiatives at forging unity amongst the progressive organisations of the op­pressed on the basis of united action and a common set of principles.

We recognise that the path to liberation is via the progressive organisations of the oppressed and exploited. It is only the oppressed who can ensure that their aspirations are realised. We are convinced that bannings and detentions will not deter us in our struggle for total liberation."

THE M N RATHER MEMORIAL LECTURES

The lectures were instituted to pay tribute to the tireless efforts to isolate racism in sport by former Secretary, Mr M N Pather.

Mr Dawood Parker of New World Travel Circle, who initiated the idea by offer, ing a contribution towards the cost of research for the lecture again assister* with the second and third lectures.

The second lecture was hosted by the Western Province Council of Sport If Cape Town on December 4, 1987.

Mr Alec Erwin of the National Union of Metal Workers of S A delivered the lec­ture which was preceded with a cultural programme.

The third lecture was arranged in Johannesburg by the Transvaal Council o< Sport on July 15,1988 and the lecture delivered by Fr Smangaliso Mkatshw3' Secretary of the Institute of Contextual Study of the Roman Catholic Churcl^ of South Africa. The COSATU Cultural Desk produced an excellent cultural programme.

SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR FUNCTIONS

The 1987 Sportsperson of the year function was organised by the Western Province Council of Sport. The nominees were LeisI Jacobs (Swimming), Cecil Arnolds (Volleyball), Suzette Arendse (Athletics), David Juries (VVeightlifting). Mark Smith (Baseball), Maxwell Solomon (Chess), Saait Majiet (Cricket), Harry Sewparsad (Darts), Richard Dolley (Men’s Hockey), Mrs S Moodley (Netball). Makhaya Jack (Rugby), Adeeb Abrahams (Soccer), Jean Trout (Softball). Simon Meyer (Table Tennis), Marion Marescia (Women’s Hockey), and Hus­sain Mohamedy (Tennis).

The winner was Adeeb Abrahams and the runner-up Richard Dolley.

The 1988 Awards Function was organised by the Border Council of Sport in East London. The nominees were: Margaret Luckay (Table Tennis), Khay3 Majola (Cricket), Vera du Plessis (Tennis), Sikhumbozo Zibi (Athletics), Paul Parker (Volleyball), Glenton de Kock (Baseball), Kurt Pullen (Men’s Hockey). Belinda Le Minnie (Women’s Hockey), George Cottle (Darts), Cindy Masters (Swimming), Farouk Patel (Squash), Duncan Crowie (Soccer), Natalia Sables (Softball) and Deon Pick (Chess).

Khaya Majola was the winner and Duncan Crowie the runner-up.

Since the 7th BGM discussions were held at'General Meetings on the format of the awards. At the meeting held in Durban in October 1987 it was clearly stated and agreed upon that the idea of choosing a single winner from can­didates who operate in different environments in their respective codes of sport was unwise. At the July 1988 meeting delegates decided to retain the format of choosing a winner.

The South African Rugby Union president, Mr E Patel was absent during this debate and their delegate present unaware of the position. SARU held the view that the previous decision stood and did therefore not enter a candidate for the 1988 function.

COMRADE NELSON MANDELA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

The Acting President and I attended a meeting in Guguletu during June 1988 where sporting activities to mark the 70th birthday of Comrade Nelson Man­dela were discussed. It was agreed that the activities be arranged under the banner of the Western Province Council of Sport and that the plight of all politi­cal detainees be highlighted. On July 18, 1988 the following telegram was despatched to Pollsmoor prison:

"All non-racial sportspersons under banner of South African Council on Sport wish you well on your 70th birthday and express solidarity with you and all other political detainees."

THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL DETAINEES

Strong rumours abounded that the release of Comrade Mandela was imminent. Committees were set up throughout the country to plan rallies. In Cape Town the Acting President, Mr Abe Adams and I attended some meetings with Mr Adams becoming our permanent representative. In the committee it was agreed to campaign for the release of all detainees.

When Comrade Zeph Mothopeng and Harry Gwala were released from prison the general meeting in East London during December 1988 passed the follow­ing resolution:

"The South African Council on Sport welcomes the release of the leader of the P.A.C. Comrade Zeph Mothopeng and Comrade Harry Gwala who had served long prison sentences in service of their people. Conference noted with deep concern that both the comrades are ill and wishes them a speedy recovery that will enable them to continue the liberation struggle."

When Comrades Z Sisulu and Eric Molobe were released the following resolu­tion was adopted at the same conference:

"This Conference of the South African Council on Sport notes the release of I Sisulu and Eric Molobe who have been in detention without trial for long periods but has no reason for joy in that, in the instance of the editor of New Nation, Z Sisulu, one form of detention has merely been substituted with another form of detention. He is still denied the right of discharging his jour­nalistic duty as editor of his newspaper.

Their release starkly highlights the plight of thousands of other detainess. To this end SACOS calls for the imm olate and unconditional release of all detainees and all prisoners of conscience.

THE CONFEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN SPORT

The South African Sports Federation, a co-ordinating body of apartheid sports organisation invited SACOS to serve on a steering committee formed in 1986 to Took at the rationaiisation of Macrosport. The President then ignored the in­vitation. When Mr Ebrahim became acting President, their President, Mr Hugo Olivier again extended an invitation to SACOS to co-operate with the Im­plementation Committee. This was tabled at the General Meeting on Decenrv ber 3-4,1988 and unanimously rejected and the Acting President requested to submit an appropriate reply.

On March 10, 1989 the Confederation of South African Sport was iaunched. At the launch the leader of the ruling Nationalist Party, Minister F W De Klerk pledged government support to the new confederation. He stated that the Confederation would be the only recognised sport controlling body in the country. State financial support to the tune of R850 000 a year would be given to the body to fight international isolation of South African sport.

At their first meeting on Saturday 11,1989 they discussed strategies to counter the increasing isolation of South African sport. Their President, Mr Hugo Olivier, stated that the major sports codes in South Africa, Rugby, Cricket and Soccer, should join the Confederation in order to assist their campaign. A com­mittee of 20 with 6 co-opted blacks would assist in bringing the Confederation ciosertothe "committee". The leader of the Defence Force, General J Gelden- huys, also serves on the Committee.

Our decision not to become part of them is vindicated by their racist structure and their intention to circumvent the isolation of apartheid sport whilst racism and exploitation still exists in our society.

SAN-ROC

SACOS and its affiliates have always had a healthy relationship with SAN-ROC in London. There were occasions during the past two years where documen­tation sent from us were not received in London and vice versa. Of late, however, this problem has been resolved. Through the assistance of Mr Sam Ramsamy, coaching programmes are now being organised overseas by some of our affiliates.

During October 1987 we were informed verbally by the President that Profes­sor Dennis Brutus and Mr Jerome Bibuld were keen to represent SACOS over­seas. it was agreed to seek clarity on the matter from London. Professor

Brutus sent a message to the 1988 SACOS Sports Festival in which he again expressed a desire to work for SACOS. All his correspondence were received on a SAN-ROC letterhead which listed him as the organisation’s President.

In responding to correspondence from us Mr Ramsamy indicated that he had met with Professor Brutus during July when it was agreed that the latter could work on the sports campaign in the USA only.

We subsequently received documents from Mr Ramsamy entitled "Olympism against fipartheid ' and a lecture delivered by Professor Brutus at an Athens Cultural Conference. Both were tabled at the December 1988 General Meet­ing, Professor Brutus' letter advocates that non-racial sports organisations should attempt to join the Olympic movement firstly as non-participants but with the view to later participation in international sports events. This was a new stance not as yet democratically debated inside the country.

The meeting re-affirmed our relationship with Mr Sam Ramsamy and SAN-ROC London.

To our surprise, on January 6th of this year we received calls from the press asking us to comment on a new stance adopted by SAN-ROC at a meeting in London. Serious efforts were made to obtain a full text of the meeting. This has subsequently been circulated to affiliates. Since then we have been inun­dated with correspondence from Professor Brutus in the USA on a letter which now also gave a new address in London.

On February 6th we wrote to Professor Brutus to outline our position of Decem­ber 1989.

Another meeting of a SAN-ROC committee was held on February 19,1989 after which a press statement was made stating the position outlined in the Athens paper. When contacted by the Guardian newspaper London the following day we reiterated our position and stated that Professor Brutus and the committee were creating false hopes in the minds of non-racial sportspersons which if it did not come to fruition would severely demoralise them.

Professor Brutus has sent us copies of letters to the editors of the Newspapers in which he repudiates the interpretation of his statements made and requests the editors to rectify it.

The matter of two SAN-ROC’s operating will create problems and confusion in our affiliates who value the sacrifices made by both Mr Ramsamy and Profes­sor Brutus in the isolation of racist sports organisations internationally. In the interest of our campaigns this matter must be resolved.

What follows are the activities of our affiliates and the codes of sport in which international campaigning was done.

ATHLETICSThe President of the South African Amateur Athletics Board submitted this report:

The summer of 1987/88 saw the South African Amateur Athletic Board’s Track and Field Cham­pionship becoming one of the highlights of the SACOS Sports Festival held in the Cape Penin­sula during April 1988. The Athletics Stadium of the University of the Western Cape was the venue and the organising^ province was our Western Province affiliate. The thousands of spectators were treated to a feast of exciting performances with Shaun Vaster, the junior sprinting star, steal­ing the limelight from many seasoned veterans.

At the beginning of the week of the Sports Fes­tival, the thousands that had rallied to show the solidarity of the oppressed with SACOS had been

thrilled by the keen competition that South African Senior Schools’ Athletics always produces. This competition was held on the grass track at the Athlone Stadium and glaringly indicated the inadequacy of the iargest venue for non- racial sport in the country to accommodate the huge crowds that annually sup­port this event.

This summer again reveals the obstacles that lie in the way of the satisfactory development of schools athletics in the schools of the quasifranchised. There is no government money available for the development of athletics facilities at schools. Inter-house and inter- schools meetings must therefore all be held on the few public and tertiary institution facilities in the Peninsula. The tracks at Vygieskraal, University of the Western Cape and Peninsula Technikon can really only be utilised for inter-house athletics by schools because of the paucity of seating facilities. It must be noted that the W P Senior Schools sec­tional Athletics meetings, of which there are at least twelve, each has a pupil attendance of around eight thousand. Only the Athlone Stadium provides near enough seating for such meetings. Meetings of the smailer primary schools unions can thus be accommodated at tertiary institution tracks and needs must be out of Hobson’s choice.

Schools athletics - and particularly senior schools’ athletics - flourishes in all the provinces and the South African Senior Schools Sports Association (an as­sociate member of the South African Amateur Athletics Board) certainly con­trols the largest number of junior athletes in the country. The Board’s other associate members, the South African Primary Schools’ Sports Association and the South African Tertiary Institutions Sports Association control the two extremes in the athletics of educational institutions, namely that of primary schools on the one and tertiary institutions on the other.

^he premier annual athletics meets on the non-raciai athletics calendar are cer­tainly the SASSSA athletics championships, the SAAAB Track and Field cham­pionships and the SAAAB Prestige Track and Field meet. Both SASSSA, for its national track and field championships and SAAAB for its prestige meeting sojoy some measure of sponsorship but considerabiy iess than such meetings Tierit.

Winter athietics is gaining in popularity and both SASSSA and SAAAB enjoy keen annuai cross-country championships. An annuai cross-country prestige hieeting has now also been introduced. SchOois have not yet made road-run- hing part of their programme but SAAAB has annual 10 km, 15 km, 21 km and rnarathon championships. Sponsorship is stili the bug-bear in these sub-dis- piplines and provincial affiliates have to dig deep in their pockets to ensure par­ticipation in these events.

Apart from the National Track and Field Championships heid at the University of the Western Cape Athietics Stadium, the other major events were hosted in other parts of the country. Transvaal, the youngest of the Board’s affiliates, hosted the Prestige Track and Field Meeting with not oniy the top senior club athletes in non-racial athletics participating but also strong contingents from our associates, in particular SASSSA and SATISA taking part. The Eastern Province was host for the SAAAB Cross-Country Championships and tremen­dous interest was aroused in Uitenhage, a town not unfamiliar with cross­country running. Cape Town hosted the Marathon and Road Walking Cham­pionships marred by the tragic sudden death, while competing, of SAAAB’s champion veteran waiker and premier walking coach, Coiin Anders. This was indeed a great ioss to non-racial athletics.

Boland hosted the Prestige Cross-Country Meeting at Ceres and took winter athletics of a very high standard to this well-known country town where the people turned out to give our athietes a rousing weicome. SASSSA athletes really excelled at this meeting. The 1988 half-marathon was hosted by Transvaal where the 1989 15km will also be run this year on 19 February.

The National Track and Field Championship wiii this year be run at the Gelvan- dale Stadium in Port Elizabeth whiie Boiand wili take the responsibility for the Prestige Track and Field Meeting. Natai will host the National Cross-Country Championships.

Officials’ Course: SAAAB annually conducts officials’ courses throughout the country to ensure a high standard of officiating at the many schoois, dub and senior athletics meetings heid throughout the country. SAAAB’s Officiais Course Committee, now under the capable guidance of its convenor, Mr Roiand Bastian, has been doing exceiient work over the years. His panel of examiners demands a high standard of theoretical knowledge and compulsory practical duty at meets is necessary to qualify for upgrading. All aspects of athletics are dealt with in these courses and strict control over the standard of examinations is being exercised.

Coaching courses: Annually the Board also conducts a coaches’ week and an experienced panel of coaches serves as lecturers and organise the practi­cal aspects of these courses. Mr Wilfred Daniels and his committee keep coaches throughout the country up to date on coaching development. The venues for these courses, now conducted in September of each year, vary an­nually. Over the last three years the courses have been accommodated in Natal, Transvaal and the Eastern Province respectively. During 1989 the clinic will be held in Upington. SAAAB has had the good fortune of being offered an annual sponsorship by Warner-Lambert to send two coaches overseas to at­tend clinics in Britain, on the continent and in the USA. This should serve as a tremendous incentive to our leading coaches and should also raise the level of expertise at our annual clinics. In addition Warner-Lambert plays a major part in the sponsorship of the coaches’ week.

Both the courses conducted by Officials’ Course Committee and the Coaches’ Committee enjoy great support from members of the SAPSSA and SASSSA and fulfill a very valuable purpose in the raising of standards of officiating and coaching in schools’ athletics.

Sponsorship: During 1987 the South African Sugar Association had spon­sored some of the expenses of the Prestige Track and Field Meeting held in Cape Town and had also contributed towards the SAAAB Coaching Week held in Natal. It amears that this sponsorship was motivated by the hope that our associate SASSSA might with our assistance be drawn into multi-national schools athletics. When it became clear that neither SAAAB nor SASSSA was for sale sponsorship dried up.

Since the Sugar Association adventure sponsorship for non-racial athletics at senior level has come largely from the Principles Signatory Association, pre­viously Sullivan Signatories, Western Cape. The companies involved have been consistent in their support of non-racial athletics and their financial assis­tance has considerably lightened the burden on the shoulders of provincial units and their clubs.

The officials of the Board at present are:

President:National Secretary: Treasurer:

Harry C C Hendricks Miss Judy Abrahams

Larry Pokpas ^

THE MEETING OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR ATHLETICS BOARD WITH THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Submitted by Mr H C C Hendricks

On 21 and 22 February members of the Executive of the South African Amateur Athletics Board, while in Lusaka to meet Sam Ramsamy of SAN-ROC, also had a meeting with the African Nationai Congress (ANC). (SAN-ROC was also rep­resented during the second day of the meeting).

Among the important items discussed were the following:

i. The role of sport in the democratic struggle

ii. Sport and the cultural boycott

iiiUnity in the non-racial sports struggle

ivSport and the mass democratic movement

vSponsorship and non-racial sport

viThe need for contact with other countries in relation to culture and sport.

viiThe need for technical expertise in the situation of boycott; the need for ef­fective coaching.

The ANC delegation indicated that they were aware that non-racial sport drew its support from all the progressive political organisations of the oppressed in South Africa, the DDF, Azapo, NUM, etc. They appreciated the SACOS policy of non-alignment and saw it as a method of obtaining unity among sportsper- sons for the ranks of the oppressed .They agreed that there should be no com­pulsion on the non-racial sports movement to accept the Freedom Charter or the manifestos of any of the other progressive democratic political organisa­tions; that was the choice of the indmdual sportsperson. They further indi­cated that they recognised SACOS as the authentic organisation uniting non- racial sports codes in the mass democratic struggle and realised that it was vital that the unity of the organisation be maintained.

Emphasis was laid on sport - non-racial sport - being one of the most effective ways of creating and maintaining unity of the oppressed. The fist and major task was finding and implementing measures to counter the divide-and-rule strategies of the state and of multi-racial capitalistic sport. This involved SACOS and the various non-racial code bodies going into those townships where large numbers of the oppressed were still involved in multi-racial sport (This was one of the criticisms levelled at SACOS, that it failed to go into some of the most densely populated townships, Soweto being a case in point, to win over codes from the multi-racial fold).

To obtain maximum effectiveness, co-operation with the progressive political movement, the progressive trade union movement and with the organisations of the people (civic organisations) was a vital factor. It was essential that sportspersons should be involved in building strong civic organisations and in playing their part in the trade union movement.

The point was also made that attention should also be given to drawing into the non-racial struggle persons of the ’white’ group who sincerely embraced non-racialism in sport and society but that unity of the oppressed should take precedence.

The need for spreading information about the non-raciai sports movement out­side South Africa was seen as an important function of SACOS, SAN-ROC, non-racial code bodies and the ANC, hence contact with controlling organisa­tions of sport in Africa, Asia and on other continents especially where we are aware of strong sympathy for the sport and cultural boycott. This contact should not only be implemented to obtain ideological support but also to ac­quire the necessary coaching and administrative expertise of which we should not lose sight in a situation of boycott.

Sport sponsorship and the need for financing non-racial sport adequately also received attention. Here again it was felt that use should be made of trade union pressure on employers to obtain sponsorship - the workers produce the money for the industrial concerns and they should have a say in the utilisation of money allocated to sponsorship of sport and culture. Codes themselves should also generate funds not only through membership fees and gate takings but through undertaking projects involving its members - projects which will supplement funds.

The formation of the National Sports Congress was also raised and here the ANC indicated that they had been given to understand that this was to be an extension of SACOS, a branch that will penetrate the townships and bring codes there into the fold of SACOS. The ANC delegation stressed that they had no hand in the formation of the NSC and were not in favour of any organisa­tion that would split the non-racial sports movement. They still regarded SACOS as the only authentic umbrella organisation uniting non-racial sportspersons and could not see themselves giving support to organisations that would cause division in the struggle for non-racial sport in South Africa.

It was disappointing to hear about wrong information channelled through to the ANC to create a wrong impression about SACOS. A case in point - and this strongly stressed - was the "refusal" of SACOS to participate in the mass democratic movement’s unity conferences that would have been held at the University of Cape Town during 1988. The refusal is of course a blatant un­truth as SACOS had agreed to attend the conference and to state its point of view there. A further weakness levelled at SACOS was that it did no do enough to resist rebel tours. The same accusation was also levelled at code organisa­tions, which it was felt should play a major role in such resistance.

I have indicated above only some of the matters covered on the agenda but I feel these are the major matters. A final appeal was that sports codes should on the eve of the independence of Namibia indicate at their sports gatherings strong support for a truly free and independent Namibia.

BASEBALLSouth Africa is suspended from all international activity.

Our affiliate, the South African Baseball Association has expressed interest in seeking international affiliation.

The code has experienced tremendous growth and public appeal.

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The SABA Executive Back L to R: K Arnolds, M Alexander, G Petersen. Front: E Hendriks, K C March (Pres) and S Brickwa (Sec)

BOXINGThe President of the South African Boxing Councii, Mr. F. Carolissen submits this report.

The South African Boxing Council was formed in September 1976 with 3 units namely Transvaal Ass., Western Province and Griqualand. For 9 years of struggling up to 1985 the Boxing Council has incorporated part of Free State, Border (90%) as well as Eastern Province also 90%.

At this stage Boxing no longer exists in Griqualand one of the founder members of the Council. Efforts to incorporate Natal proved fruitless. We are however negotiating to foster Boxing in the M id lands and Grahamstown and North West Cape. Transvaal is at th is stage the strongest Province having 5 units of

which the Council has 2 including the mines.

We should try and make a breakthrough in Soweto of which 75% belongs to the racial side. We called on Mr Stan Gumede to help us break dovvn this ra­cial barrier. In the W.P. the division is even worse. There are 3 ethnic groups forming the Western Cape Boxing Federation. Here money plays a big role. Transvaal, Border, Eastern Province and Western Province are sponsored for the first time at provincial level for 1988. Further negotiations for other spon­sorships are in tne pipeline.

In 1986 the S.A. Championships was staged in Mdantsane in Border, at New Brighton in Port Elizabeth in 1987 and at Krugersdorp in Transvaal in 1988. We hope to stage the 1989 S.A. Championships in Cape Town. We the Coun­cil would like to stage inter-provincial tournaments at the mother body but due to the non-availability of funds it is still impossible.

For the past 3 years the Council has tried to obtain sponsorships from Stan­dard Bank, Bokomo, Kellogs Corn Flake and Checkers, but to no avail. These same companies have sponsored the racial side.

These challenges which the 1989 season hold in store must be tackled with the co-operation of SACOS.

WORLD BOXING COUNCILJOSE SULAIM AN Preadcrt, Geiova 33 - Ofice 303. Cd. Juain , Mcaxo. 06600. D.E.BOBBY NAIDOO. Chairman. WBC Press and Pub(ic Relarions CommissionP.O. Bicheno 7215 Tasmania Australia T d: (003) 75 1161 F ^ : (003) 75 1349 Telex: AA30625 — ATTN ME 4306

Feb. 1/1989

WBC CRITICISES IBF RECOGNITION OF SOUTH AFRICA

The President of the World Boxing Council, Jose Sulaiman, issued a press statement in Mexico City on January 30, in which he strongly protested against the recent IBF visit to South Africa as well as its participation in support of a South African in Germany for a title bout.

Mr. Sulaiman said; "The WBC invites the IBF to immediately suspend its relations and plans with South Africa or the WBC would otherwise stop any relations with the IBF."

"The WBC", he added, "will ask the champions recognised jointly by both organisations to choose the title they want to keep - whether it's the WBC's or the IBF's."

In this event Mr. Sulaiman stressed that Mike Tyson, the world heavyweight champion recognised jointly by both organisations, would be asked to decide if he wants to keep the IBF title, which supports South Africa and consequently apartheid which is an insult to his race, or wants to keep the recognition of the WBC, the organisation that has fought for 13 years against racial discrimination, the most despicable of offences against humanity."

Mr. Sulaiman also drew attention to the visit to South Africa of IBF Vice- President Bill Brennan and criticised it "as inconceivable what a human being will do just for an air ticket"...

CHESSThe Chess Association of the People of South Africa is our affiliate and their President submits the following :

Present Executive: A van Reenen - President,J Bennett - Vice-President,S McBride - Secretary,A Haupt - Treasurer

Founded in Cape Town in April 1984. Affiliates are Border, Boland, Natal, Eastern Province, Western Province, SATISA and SASSSA. Transvaal Chess Association which was one of the founder members is now only a name. Multi­racial chess is well sponsored in Soweto.

CAPSA Tournaments:

Annual Easter National Open Championships; combined individual - team event. Four players per team. Each player represents himself and his team. Each province is entitled to enter one official team and an unlimited number of non-provincial teams.

WinnersVenue Host Players Prov.Team Individuals

1984 Cape Town WPCA 84 WPCA Dean Solomons1985 Port Elizabeth EPCA 92 WPCA Shabier Bhawoodien1986 Cape Town WPCA 98 WPCA Shabier Bhawoodien1987 East London Border CA 106 WPCA Maxwell Solomon1988 Cape Town WPCA 174 WPCA Deon Solomons

1984/85/86 events were not sponsored. Tedelex.

1987 and 1988 were sponsored by

CAPSA’s 1989 Easter National is scheduled to take place at the M L Sultan Technikon, Durban.

CAPSA National Closed Championship

12 players participate in this eyent, two from each province and one each from SATISA and SASSSA. Tournaments financed by hosts (provincial unit)

1985 Port Elizabeth1986 Durban1987 Worcester1988 East London

S Bhawoodien S Bhawoodien Deon Pick Maxwell Solomon

(WP)(WP)(Boland)(WP)ln

1987 the Athlone Chess Club requested of WPCA not to select Shabier Bhawoodien for national events. This v^as because of his lack of attendance and not representing his club when needed. In December 1987 Bhawoodien resigned from non-racial chess and since then is very active in the multi-racial S.A. Chess Federation. Bhawoodien is studying to be a dentist at UCT.

In December 1987, CAPS A staged its first National Scholars Championship in Cape Town. R2000 donated by Barclays Bank was used on the tournament. However we named the tournament the First National Bank Scholars Cham­pionship. This was to secure a good relationship with FNB. On approach­ing the bank for sponsorship, the reply came that tney do not consider SACOS affiliates as part of their responsibility programme. FNB sponsors multi-racial chess to the tune of something like R125000 over five years. The 1988 SA Chess Federation/FNB scholars tournament was marred by racial incidents, (see newspaper clippings).

At international level CAPSA played its part well. With the aid of our Interna­tional Representative Mr Jerome Bibuld, resident of New York, we in 1986 re­quested of FIDE (The World Chess Federation) to expel the SACF. FIDE did so. We also had grandmaster Miguil Quinteros from Argentina put on a three year suspension from FIDE tournaments. This was for his chess activities in South Africa. On Quinteros’s return to S.A. in 1988 for a TV programme we are now pushing for a life long suspension. In 1987 and 1988 CArSA applied to FIDE for membership. This was turned down.

Over the years progress in CAPSA was and still is, very slow. CAPSA is only developed along the East coast. Inland we do not have affiliates or stable con­tacts. Lack of sponsorship at provincial and national level is a major problem. Progress is hampered at individual and club level. Too few facilities exist for too many people, resulting in us having to make the best of what we can find. Clubs have to make do with inferior venues at inconvenient times and lacking proper chess playing furniture. Essesntial chess equipment and literature is very expensive. Unemployment and the general struggle for a better South Africa add to our problems. Chess being a game which needs to be studied at home, inferior housing, overcrowding, lack of electricity, poor sanitation, dis­tance from place of employment all slow down the standard of play.

On breaking down of barriers all CAPSA affiliates have townships contacts. In W.P. we have a strong club in Guguletu. Provincial meetings, tournaments and open air chess is regularly staged here.

Members of CAPSA who were at one time or the other detained, not for chess related reasons are:

A Haupt - for many years president of WPCA S Mahomed - first CAPSA secretary Fasiegh Mamie - chess coach at schools

CAPSA will hold its fifth AGM on 26th March 1989 in Durban, We welcome let­ters of support for our fifth anniversary.

CAPSA Closed Championship Worcester. Hosts - Boland

A Van Reenen handing prize to Deon Pick at CAPSA Open Cape Town.

Je r o m e B ibuld 377 W e s t c h e s t e r A v e n u e

P o r t C h e s t e r . N e w Y o r k 10573

The Editor Chess Life 186 Route 9W New Windsor,

Sir :

31 May 1988

NY 12550

It is the height of irony that two of the most racist members of the chess world -- Larry Evans and Gary Kasparov -- attack FIDE for taking action against Ricardo Calvo and Miguel Quinteros for their racist crimes against the peoples of Latin America and South Africa. (Indeed, FIDE's "action" against Calvo was the weakest possible slap on the wrist — a declaration that it considered him persona non grata, which carries no sanctions at all.)

Up to now, these two fighters for "freedom of expression" and "freedom of association" -- which are the euphemisms they employ for demonstra­tions of racism by their buddies -- have evidenced racist credos mostly by accepting blood money from the rulers of South Africa to promote apartheid in chess. There have been other evidences, but these have not been as blatant. Now, however, they spout their racism, in the most explicit terms, on pages 42 and 65 of the June issue of Chess Life. I quote Grandmaster Kasparov as he was quoted, with such obvious satisfaction, by Grandmaster Evans:

When I use the phrase "chess world," I mean the Soviet Union, the Eastern bloc. Western Europe and the United States. That is the "chess world." That is .the real [emphasis in the original] chess world.

Yes, folks, in the words of the anti-racist rock song, "We are the world!" Only, the "we" of our two heros are the one billion Europeans ("whites"). The four billion human beings in the rest of the world don't exist. Good ol' "Western Democracy" and "Soviet Glasnost" seem to have much more in common than Reagan and Gorbachev are willing to admit in public! That "community of interest" seems to include the real chess world.

Fraternally (Dare I^use that word?).

( S i g n e d ) Jerome Bibuld (Who wishes to d e l u d e himself from the Evans-Kasparov real chess world)

CRICKETThe secretary of the South African Board Mr. Reg Veldsman submitted this report.

One new member affiliated to this Board during the period under review. This is the South African Tertiary Institutions Sports As­sociation: SATISA. The Association caters for all students beyond the level of Matricula­tion, such as Teachers’ Colleges.

The membership of the Board is as follows: Boland, Border, Eastern Province, Gri- qualand West, Karoo, Komani and District, Natal, South African Senior Schools Sports Association, South African Primary Schools Sports Association, SATISA, Transvaal, Vic­toria East, Western Province - a total of 14 units.

The membership covers all parts of the country except for the Free State. Citizens from the Ciskei and the Transkei are also represented.

CompetitionsThe following competitions were organised:Premier competition: For the Howa Bowl: Western Province, Natal; Eastern Province and Transvaal.The Booley Bowl for the B section unitsCentralised tournaments for Under 16 and Under 21 players.

SponsorshipThe Board does not receive sponsorship from any of the major companies. This is the position with all codes of sport affiliated to the South African Coun­cil on Sport.

Various means are employed to raise funds but the standard of play is affected as a result of lack of money. Both the junior tournaments are organised on "shoe-string" budgets.

Playing FacilitiesStandards are from fair to very bad. White dominated sports bodies have the best facilities in cricket just as they have the best in all other spheres of life such as education. Some of the Board’s affiliates have been forced to deal with dummy bodies in control of services of a civic nature. Non-racial sports bodies reject these racial, inferior bodies but a: e forced to negotiate with them espe­cially in view of the fact that the rulers have now granted the dummy bodies additional powers. It is either negotiate or do without playing facilities.

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Collection Number: AG3403 Collection Name: Non-racial Sports History Project, Transvaal

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