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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2019
There are a number of intellectually and morally defensible approaches to cultural exchange with South Africa. A position from which I wish to disassociate myself is that cultural relationships with South Africa can be justified on grounds of the moral justness of its present society, or as a defense of “white Christian civilization,” or that South Africa, however wrong on some counts, represents a “bulwark against Communism.” Those who would advocate or defend cultural exchanges with South Africa primarily on these grounds will have to make their own brief. Indeed, I have long ago stated my conviction in writing that the very term “white Christian civilization,” as used by the late Prime Minister Strijdom of South Africa, is a contradiction in terms.
* Since this paper was presented, a large number of additional multi-racial sporting events have taken place in South Africa. There is only space to mention the Pretoria Games. These involved black and white competitors from South Africa, as well as from other countries in Africa and abroad. Most competition was on an individual basis and thus, for the first time, black and white South African boxers fought in the same ring before an integrated audience in South Africa. Several black trackmen were outstanding. Football (soccer) competition was on a team basis, and there was keen enthusiasm among the spectators of all races when the African, White, Coloured, and Asian teams clashed. Although Pretoria has a reputation as the most conservative white city in South Africa, a survey of National Party Afrikaans-speaking voters in Pretoria Central constituency, where the games were held, found no objections to the way the multi-racial games were performed.