South Africa's return to Earth

20 May 1996

Michael Holman and Mark Suzman on apartheit and the power of rugby

Forget Ellis Park for a moment. Deep in the heart of Afrikanerdom there's rugby drama aplenty

25 June 1995

Seeing the writing on the wall, the Patensie rugby club - a bastion of Afrikaner pride in a small town - has opened to all. Although it is all smiles on the surface, the rifts caused by Apartheid linger on in the club's uneasy relationship with its township counterpart