The Unfair Way

by Jerry Dlepu

Overview

The narrative of this book is to reverse this poor history of black golfers. This is done by not only reflecting on the political, social and economic aspects among non-whites, and blacks in particular, mostly in the country’s labour reserves known as townships, but also by depicting the joy and pain of those who doggedly struggled against all odds to emerge as professional golfers.

Some of the players whose golf career stories are related in the book, such as Norman Mashaba, Vincent Tshabalala will be readily recognisable to some readers. The stories shared are about people who many have never heard of and a select few who were able to permeate the barriers put in place to prevent them from prospering. While they are individual stories and are all interviewed and share commonality in experience to show that the struggle to fight against the injustice was collective even though golf is an individual sport.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165908903
Publisher:	Jerry Dlepu
Publication date:	08/08/2022
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Jerry Dlepu is a businessman from Johannesburg South Africa. He has lived through some of the harshest laws imposed by the Apartheid government including the Group Areas Act - which saw his family forcibly removed from their home in Sophiatown to Soweto, Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Bantu Authorities Act, Population Registration Act, and the Suppression of Communism Act – which saw the late Nelson Mandela tried and imprisoned for 27 years.

It is through this lens that Jerry Dlepu shares the story of how he and many others pursued their passion to play golf under the extremely difficult circumstances created by the Apartheid government - starting as caddies at white-only golf clubs and later playing the gentleman’s game across the country, the African continent, and eventually around the world. It is a story that captures hardships and the will and perseverance to overcome them. It is also a story that shows transformation is not something that is achieved overnight, but rather through consistent effort from all stakeholders. A collective retelling of lived experiences for future generations to remember.