Kenyan praise for ‘bold step’
NZPA-AP Nairobi
A national Kenyan newspaper said yesterday that a resolution by the New Zealand Parliament urging cancellation of the All Black rugby tour of South Africa was a “bold step” and a blow against apartheid in sport. The editorial in the “Sunday Nation” was printed the day before the Prime Minister, Mr Lange, arrived on. the first stop of a sevennation African tour.
New Zealand’s longstanding sports links with South Africa are expected to be an important talking point during Mr Lange’s visits to Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and the Indian Ocean island nations of Mauritius and the Seychelles. The New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed on Thursday a motion urging the New Zealand Rugby Union not to send a team to South Africa later this year. “The step taken by the
Parliamentarians should receive widespread support in many countries opposed to apartheid, particularly those in the Third World,” said the independent “Sunday Nation.” “We ... hope the New
Zealand Rugby Union will take a cue notably from their Parliament, but also from their illustrious premier, and snap off any sports ties with South Africa until it abandons its segregation policy.”
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