The press release says the South African Council on Sport (SACOS) issued a communique on August 9 saying the sports situation in South Africa "has reached a critical stage." The memo alludes to the recent re-admission of South Africa to the Olympics and accuses individuals and sports organizations that benefitted from apartheid of wanting to "crown oppression with the self-reward of immediate participation in international sport." Yusef Ebrahim, SACOS president, notes that the International Olympic Committee violated its own charter by dropping the boycott and that the United Nations requires a non-racial democracy in South Africa before the moratorium can be lifted. So, Ebrahim has called...
The press release says the South African Council on Sport (SACOS) issued a communique on August 9 saying the sports situation in South Africa "has reached a critical stage." The memo alludes to the recent re-admission of South Africa to the Olympics and accuses individuals and sports organizations that benefitted from apartheid of wanting to "crown oppression with the self-reward of immediate participation in international sport." Yusef Ebrahim, SACOS president, notes that the International Olympic Committee violated its own charter by dropping the boycott and that the United Nations requires a non-racial democracy in South Africa before the moratorium can be lifted. So, Ebrahim has called for a conference to be held in Cape Town on August 31, on "The Betrayal in South African Sport." Exiled anti-apartheid activist and SACOS international representative, Dennis Brutus -- recently returned from South Africa -- will be part of a delegation that will report results of the SACOS conference to a United Nations meeting on apartheid and sports being held September 10-13 at UN headquarters. Contacts are Dennis Brutus (in London or New York), Yusef Ebrahim (in London), or Tom Johnson (in Chicago).
