Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa, 1 July 1982 - 31 December 1982
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Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa, 1 July 1982 - 31 December 1982 Alternative title Notes and Documents - United Nations Centre Against ApartheidNo. 16/83 Author/Creator United Nations Centre against Apartheid Publisher United Nations, New York Date 1983-08-00 Resource type Reports Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa Coverage (temporal) 1982 Source Northwestern University Libraries Description Pursuant to a decision in 1980 the Special Committe against Apartheid has been publishing periodic registers of sports contacts with South Africa. The first register, published on 15 May 1981, covered the period from 1 September 1980 to 31 March 1981. The second register covered the period from 1 April to 31 December 1981. The third register covered the period from 1 January to 31 June 1982. The present register, which covers the period from 1 July 1982 to 31 December 1982, contains: (a) A list of sports exchanges with South Africa arranged by the code of sport; and (b) A list of sportsmen and sportswomen who participated in sport events in South Africa, arranged by country. Names of persons who undertake not to engage in further sports events in South Africa will be deleted from the register. Format extent 37 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1983_16 http://www.aluka.org AtUNITED NATIONS AtUNITED NATIONS CENTRE AGAINST APARTHEID NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* 16/83 August 1983 rEXSTER OF SPORLS LlrCO~n1'S WIT -90U ABMT \Northwestern uiIae Library DEC 1983 Africana __: Pursuant to a decision in 1980, the Special oommittee against A has been p blishing periodicreisters of sports contacts with South Africa. The first register, published on 15 May 1981, covered the period fram 1 September 1980 to 31 March 1981. The second register covered the period from 1 April to 31 Decembter 1981. The third register covered the period fran 1 January to 31 June 1982. The present register, which covers the period from 1 July 1982 to 31 Decedaer 1982, contains: (a) A list of sports exchanges with South Africa arranged by the code of sport; and (b) A list of sportsmen and sportswomen who participated in sport events in South Africa, arranged by country. Names of persons who undertake not to engage in further sports events in South Africa will be deleted from the register_./ 83-20437 *All material in these Notes and Documents may be freely reprinted. Acknowledgement, together with a copy of the publication containing the reprint, would be appreciated. United N=ations, New York 10017 -ii- introduet ion During 199' many frovernments, and organizations reaffirmed their commitment to boycott a2_rtheid sport and several have taken further action toward that end. Some sports bodies and administrators, however, have continued to provide support for qpparthpid under the pretext of separation of sports and politics. The South African rigime, desperate for international competition, engaged in further manoeuvres to deceive world opinion while increasing intimidation of non-racial sports bodies in South Africa. At the same time, exorbitant amounts of money were offered to international sportsmen to visit South Africa. It has been conservatively estimated that in 1982 alone, South Africa spent $10 million to attract overseas sportsmen. Such expenditure by any one country is unprecedented. While South Africa was able to entice some sportsmen and sportswomen, public opinion in their respective countries was outraged and this led to greater anti- apartheid activity. Meanwhile, there has not been sufficient progress in the boycott of South Africa in certain sports such as motor cycle and motor car racing, professional golf and tennis, and professional boxing organized by the World Boxing Association. A large percentage of the persons named in this register have competed in those sports. The relevant developments are briefly reviewed below. Readjustments ard repression The readjustments made by South Africa, which are widely publicized as removing all racial discrimination in sport, are essentially meant to deceive world opinion. Racial discrimination continues both in sport and in all other aspects of life. The only change is that "honorary white" status is now being conferred on some "-lacks for the duration of certain "bona fide" sports fixtures involving international participation. After such sports fixtures they ave to return to the humiliation of apartheid. Most blacks have rejected his concession which is devised mainly to enable the whites to re-enter international sport. Dr Nthalo Motlana, chairman of the Soweto Committee of Ten, echoed the feelings of South Africa's oppressed people when he said that sports is part of the whole political situation in South Africa. "Sports in South Africa will only be integrated when the whole country is no longer segregated. The changes being made now are purely cosmetic," he went on to say. / The recent changes in regulations for government-approved sports fixtures were exposed when several black spectators were charged outside the Ellis Park Sports Stadiun for not carrying their passes. -iii- The racist regime and sports bodies have increasingly attacked black resistance to such cosmetic change as "politically motivated". The non-racial and anti-apartheid South African Council on Sport (SACOS) which not only refuses to co-operate with the white government-recognized sports bodies but also constantly exposes the manoeuvres of the apartheid regime - has become the main target of the regime and the white sports administrators. Dr. Gerrit Viljoen, the Minister in charge of sports, has frequently attacked SACOS and called its officials"political agitators". The white South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) has placed full page advertisements in newspapers to discredit SACOS and its officials. Mr. Opperman, president of SAONGA, alleged that SACOS was controlled and administered by a small group of Asians and Coloureds and claimed that the majority of blacks were with his association. However, at the recent socalled "National Sports Congress" convened by SAONGA, there were hardly any blacks. When asked by an overseas journalist why there were so few "black faces", Mr. Opperman said he believed most blacks left administration to others, could not get off work and were "not keen" on meetings. 2/ A statement issued by SAONGA, to explain the reason why South Africa has been isolated from international sport, compared the "cold war of sport" with the "war on the borders". 3/ Various ploys have been used to sabotage sports activites arranged by SACOS. At the SACOS sports festival held in Cape Town in October thousands of misleading pamphlets were distributed to divert supporters to wrong venues. At one venue, where a gymnastics display was to be held, the organizers found that the Cape Town City Council had dumped loads of soil on the surface of the sports field. 4/ On another occasion, a swimming pool to be the venue for the national championships of the anti-apartheid Amateur Swimming Association of South Africa was inadequately and badly prepared by the City Council, thus making it dangerous for the participants and causing standards to deteriorate. White sports administrators of the government-recognized sports bodies are encouraged and assisted to travel to conferences and engage in propaganda abroad while applications for travel documents by officials of AC( are constantly rejected. -iv- Progress of sanctions against apartheid sport Several governments have taken further action to bar South African teams and individuals from competing in sport fixtures in their countries. The governments of Denmark and Sweden have now initiated actions to strengthen their previous bans on South African teams and to ban individual South African sportsmen.from participating in sports fixtures in their respective countries. In March, the Danish Government banned several South African tennis players from competing in the 1982 Danish Indoor Championships. The Swedish Government also banned two South African players from competing in the Stockholm Indoor Tennis Championships held in November 1982. * The Netherlands Government has informed all Dutch sports organizations that South Africa will not be allowed to participate in any sports event in the Netherlands. It has also advised Netherlands sports bodies not to have any contact with South African sports. The Canadian Government has announced that it will no longer subsidize Canadian teams for international events outside the country if South Africa is allowed to participate. It had already taken such action as regards travel of Canadian teams to South Africa and invitations to South African teams to compete in Canada. The rugby unions of Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore took action against players who participated in an international team which visited South Africa.