Rugby, Resistance and Politics: How Dan Qeqe Helped Shape the History of Port Elizabeth

This book is a vivid biography of Dan Qeqe, the legendary sportsman, powerbroker and pioneer of black rugby and the liberation of sport. It examines the complex and questionable relationships that Qeqe had with the enemies of non-racial sport, which cemented his power base.

Buntu Siwisa obtained his D.Phil in Politics and International Relations from the University of Oxford. He was a Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg. The book is a product of JIAS’s ’African Biographies Project’.