Saving South Africa’s forgotten story of sport that defied apartheid

A protest outside Lord’s Cricket Ground in London during the first Test between England and South Africa on 24 July 1965. Demonstrators called on others to boycott the match in protest against South Africa’s apartheid policy. Getty Images - Evening Standard

Black, Indian and mixed-race South Africans built their own sporting world during apartheid, defying segregation with parallel clubs and competitions. Archivists in Johannesburg are now working to save that history.

The archives in the basement of Wits University are a real maze – but Ajit Gandabhai knows exactly where he is going.