Coloured Golfer’s Right To Play Disputed

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30043, 30 January 1963, Page 11

Coloured Golfer’s Right To Play Disputed

DURBAN, January 28 Sewsunker (“Papwa”) Stwfolom, the Indian golfer who won the Natal open championship yesterday, did not need a permit to take part, the secretary of the Natal Golf Union. Mr D. W. Geddie, said tonight. He was commenting on a statement of the Miniota of Community Development (Mr Pieter Botha) that Sewfokan bad no permit "authoring him to compete in the tournament." Mr Botha added: “The question of what stepe should be taken is under consideration." Mr Geddie said the goli union had legal advice that no permit was needed in view of a court judgment last October disavowing ac appeal by the State against the acquittal of nine people of mixed races pf bceakmg

I t * Sewgoium’s manager, Mr Louis Nelson, said be ted ‘ been advised legally that, i provided Sewaoium did not enter tbe clubhouse, no per* s mit was. needed. i He said the Country dub, ■ through tbe Natal Golf Union, told him it would be t lawful for Sewgoium to play t if be arrived ready for golf i and went direcdy to tbe t practice area or tbe first tee. i Mr Nelson said Sewgoium 1 readily accepted these con* s djttona and had strictly ! adhered to them.

the Group Areas Apartheid Act by playing soccer together.

Mr Geddie said Sewgolum’s entry “did not contravene any statutory authority.** Reverse Grip Sewgotom. who never went to school, learned as a caddy an unusual reverse grip which twice won him the Dutch open title and now the Natal open champion-