Rugby

MARK KEOHANE | Newlands was home to apartheid rugby, not SA rugby

19 February 2023 - 00:01 By Mark Keohane

Friday’s Western Cape Heritage (WCH) committee’s recommendation, after a six-month legal process that included a month of public participation, read as follows: “The committee considers that Newlands Rugby Stadium does not possess enough intrinsic heritage value to warrant a grading of G11 and accordingly does not recommend declaration as a provincial heritage site.”..

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