Wonderful cricketer who found himself in the spotlight of South African apartheid yet always retained his air of dignity.
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Wonderful cricketer who found himself in the spotlight of South African apartheid yet always retained his air of dignity.
It was a world changing decision in international sport when the MCC selected and then deselected him. It also became the most important learning part of my life in understanding apartheid, and racism.
At the same time my family friends had just been forced from their farm and had to return to the UK from Rhodesia when the Bush War started.
Basil Doliviera died of Parkinsons Disease aged 80
It’s a bloody tragedy when you look at both countries now. So much hope and now little but despair.