- Title: SOUTH AFRICA: NON-WHITE GOLFERS BREACH APARTHEID
- Date: 6th December 1963
- Summary: 1. MV SIGN "BLOEMFONTEIN KLUB" 0.03 2. LV CLUB BUILDINGS 0.08 3. LV BELL TENT "NON-EUROPEANS ONLY" 0.12 4. CV SIGN "NON-EUROPEAN COMPETITORS 0.14 5. MLV GARY PLAYER TEES OFF 0.19 6. MV CROWD WATCHING 0.20 7. LV PLAYER PLAYS OFF 0.27 8. MV CROWD LOOKING ON 0.30 9. LV PLAYER MISSING FIRST PUTT, SINKING SECOND 0.59 10. LV CHOWGLAW & SEWSOLUM COMING OUT OF TENT 0.57 11. MV DITTO TOWARDS CAMERA 1.07 12. CV CHOWGLAW PAN TO SEWSOLUM 1.12 13. LV DE KOCK PLAYING OFF, FOLLOWED BY SHOWGLAW 1.32 14. LV WALTMAN PLAYING OFF 1.27 15. GV CROWDS 1.31 16. LV BOBBY LOCK TEES OFF 1.33 17. CV LOCK 1.36 18. LV TENT PAN TO NEW CARAVAN 1.44 19. MV PLAYERS SITTING UNDER AWNING OF CARAVAN 1.49 20. LV WALTMAN TEES OFF 1.56 21. LV GALLERY WALKING DOWN COURSE 2.07 Initials RE/V/BH/SGM EDITORS: PLEASE NOTE FOR SCHEDULED NEWS PROGRAMMES ONLY SPORT: GOLF Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA
- Country: South Africa
- Reuters ID: LVA9N572DN42S279OMYJIGQZJVC8
- Story Text:TWO NON-WHITE GOLFERS ARE CREATING SPORTING HISTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA BY TAKING PART IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN BLOEMFONTEIN, A BASTION OF APARTHEID.THE GOLFERS ARE SEWSUNKER "PAPWA" SEWGOLUM, A DURBAN INDIAN AND ISMAIL CHOWGLAW, A CAPE TOWN INDIAN.
BLOEMFONTEIN IS CONSIDERED A STRONGHOLD OF THE NATIONALISTS, THE SOUTH AFRICAN RULING PARTY AND IS ONE OF THE CITIES IN WHICH RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS MOST STRONGLY OBSERVED.
THE NON-WHITE GOLFERS HAD THEIR ENTRIES ACCEPTED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLF UNION, WHO IN TURN HAVE BEEN PRAISED BY POLITICAL OBSERVERS FOR THEIR "COURAGEOUS" DECISION.
THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITING INDIAN FROM STAYING IN THE FREE STATE, WHOSE CAPITAL IS BLOEMFONTEIN, FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS WAS LIFTED TO ALLOW THE TWO GOLFERS TO REMAIN FOR THE THREE-DAY COMPETITION.
"PAPWA" SEWGOLUM HAS TWICE WON THE DUTCH OPEN AND LAST YEAR WAS RUNNER-UP TO RETIEF WALTMAN IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN.RECENTLY HE WON THE NATAL OPEN, BUT WAS BARRED FROM USING CLUB FACILITIES.HIS TROPHY AND GBP400 PRIZE MONEY WAS HANDED TO HIM OUTSIDE ON A GREEN.
(FILM SHOWS THE OPENING STAGE OF THE PLAY.IT LIKEWISE SHOWS THE TENT PROVIDED FOR THE NON-WHITE COMPETITORS WHICH LATER IN THE DAY WAS REPLACED BY A CARAVAN.A NUMBER OF COMPETITORS, INCLUDING THE TWO INDIANS, ARE SEEN TEEING OFF.)
AT THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND SEWGOLUM WAS SHARING SECOND PLACE WITH FIVE OTHERS ON 69.GARY PLAYER, INTERNATIONAL STAR, WAS TRAILING ON 74. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
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