Co-option of apartheid-era members onto Cycling SA EXCO

[Joe Low]

Got no idea what this thread is about. So I will YAWN

 

Fair enough - i'm just interested to know what CSA are hoping to achieve by going back to folk who were administrators in the 1970s and getting them on the sports' leadership body and why they'd emphasise "apartheid era".

[raptor-22]

weird.....

 

its like going backwards

[DIPSLICK]

Fair enough - i'm just interested to know what CSA are hoping to achieve by going back to folk who were administrators in the 1970s and getting them on the sports' leadership body and why they'd emphasise "apartheid era".

Because anything apartheid is "the new black" in a totally non racist way of course

[BikeXpres]

Joe Low, regarding the 1st sport going mixed, I'm not sure of that...BUT...what I do know is the following:

 

Japie Green, my uncle, was the president of the South African Cycling Association (SACA), the previous so-called "Black Cycling Body". Uncle Japie headed negotiations with the SA Cycling Federation in 1976 which started the pursuit of an unified cycling body, thus the first mixed track cycling meeting being the 1977 South African Track Championships on Green Point Track.

 

My uncle was a great cycling enthusiast who's pursuit was never to claim any position, but to identify and nurture cycling talent, thus growing the sport.

 

Likewise, Mr Pierre Leukes was involved in the administration of cycling within SACA, thus also well known in the cycling fraternity.

 

The Boland Cycling Union established in 2002, now changed to Winelands, was also an initiative of Japie Green.

 

I beg to differ from certain comments made earlier due to the fact that a man in the form of Japie Green never chased after position or recognition, but his main goal was growing the sport of cycling in SA. Not all so-called "Blacks" has recognition or position as their primary goal.

[Joe Low]

Joe Low, regarding the 1st sport going mixed, I'm not sure of that...BUT...what I do know is the following:

 

Japie Green, my uncle, was the president of the South African Cycling Association (SACA), the previous so-called "Black Cycling Body". Uncle Japie headed negotiations with the SA Cycling Federation in 1976 which started the pursuit of an unified cycling body, thus the first mixed track cycling meeting being the 1977 South African Track Championships on Green Point Track.

 

My uncle was a great cycling enthusiast who's pursuit was never to claim any position, but to identify and nurture cycling talent, thus growing the sport.

 

Likewise, Mr Pierre Leukes was involved in the administration of cycling within SACA, thus also well known in the cycling fraternity.

 

The Boland Cycling Union established in 2002, now changed to Winelands, was also an initiative of Japie Green.

 

I beg to differ from certain comments made earlier due to the fact that a man in the form of Japie Green never chased after position or recognition, but his main goal was growing the sport of cycling in SA. Not all so-called "Blacks" has recognition or position as their primary goal.

 

Thanks, that's interesting.

 

[RocknRolla]

It's great what a little perspective can do. Thank you for contributing.

 

Sadly, we are all a result of our exposure and circumstances, thus we make the comments from that point of refeence.

 

But I think Joe Louw has a point here.

 

Perhaps the article should have focussed on the experience and background of the said exco members instead of playing the apartheid card.

 

Technically, I rode my BMX in the days of apartheid, so I am also-apartheid era material....

[SwissVan]

It's great what a little perspective can do. Thank you for contributing.

 

Sadly, we are all a result of our exposure and circumstances, thus we make the comments from that point of refeence.

 

But I think Joe Louw has a point here.

 

Perhaps the article should have focussed on the experience and background of the said exco members instead of playing the apartheid card.

 

Technically, I rode my BMX in the days of apartheid, so I am also-apartheid era material....

 

I bet the majority of us whiteys who cycle now never knew squat about the trails and tribulations of Green, Leukes and Beukes

 

However the original article on the CSA website imo could have been written better to explain the circumstances, my original opinion was that they were bringing back some of the leadership from the apartheid era white controlled cycling body, whereas the exact opposite is happening. That's probably partly due to ignorance on my behalf, but in all honesty how many of us knew of these guys?

 

The bikehub news article does a much better job of telling the story