Apartheid

The proposed South African cricket tour of England in 1970 was cancelled as a result of an incredible campaign carried out by a young group of activists - the Stop The Seventy Tour movement led by the 20-year-old Peter Hain. 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of this extraordinary campaign. The movement itself was variously landmark, far-reaching and hilarious. Extremely innovative in its direct-action methods, it triggered the isolation of South Africa from the cricket world and contributed significantly in the fight to end apartheid in the land. The campaign was the result of a long history of subjugation and exploitation of the non-whites in South Africa, and the social discrimination was reflected in the way they were marginalised in the sporting world. The book takes a detailed look at this social history through the prism of white and non-white cricket of South Africa, covering the turbulent apartheid era of 1948-1970.