Kallicharran in row
NZPA-Reuter Johannesburg The former West Indian test captain, Alvin Kallicharran, has signed a threeyear contract to play in the Orange Free State, angering Indians who are banned from going to the South African province because of their race. Abie Choonara, the Transvaal leader of the South African Indian Congress, said he regarded the move as a “sporting gimmick” and told reporters: “I am very disappointed.” Under a 90-year-old law, Indians are barred from
living or working in the Free State. Kallicharran is of Indian descent. Kallicharran’s move raises the issue of whether he would be allowed to live in the province for which he will play. Sport administrators thought there would be no problem, noting that when he played for Transvaal for three years, he lived in a whites-only neighbourhood from which others of Indian descent are barred. Another West Indian, the fast bowler, Sylvester Clarke, will continue to play for Transvaal.
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