Human Rights Day: Apartheid-defiant Gerrie Coetzee was SA’s human rights world champ

By Herman Gibbs | Published 16h ago

It is worth noting that sport played a crucial role in uniting South Africans and promoting social cohesion at a time when Human Rights Day serves as a reminder of the importance of these values and contributions of sporting heroes like boxer Gerrie Coetzee, who played a part in dismantling the walls of segregation in South African sport.