Club bowls cancelled on Sunday
Bowls clubs throughout South Africa will comply with a request from the SA Sports Confedertion and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) and cancel all social bowls on Sunday, Bowls SA said on Tuesday.
Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela raises clenched fist, arriving to address mass rally, a few days after his release from jail, 25 February 1990, in the conservative Afrikaaner town of Bloemfontein, where ANC was formed 75 years ago. AFP PHOTO / TREVOR SAMSON
“In compliance with a request from Sascoc, bowls clubs throughout South Africa will cancel all events on Sunday as a mark of respect for the funeral of former President Nelson Rolihlahna Mandela,” media officer Alan Simmonds said in a statement.
– Sapa
