Former South Africa Government Minister Tokyo Sexwale in Palestine to Discuss Racism in Sports
05 May 2015
Anti-apartheid activist, Robben Island Prisoner, former South African Government Minister and prominent businessman Tokyo Sexwale departed from Johannesburg’s Oliver Tambo Airport yesterday evening en route via Jordan to Palestine. Sexwale is travelling to Palestine as the President of the anti-racism campaign, Global Watch.
Global Watch is a brainchild of Sexwale and is supported by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, South Africa’s ANC party as well as several other organizations and groups.
Speaking at OR Tambo Airport Sexwale said: “The objectives of the visit is a listening visit and also a fact finding mission to understand the problems that are prevailing around sporting issues in particular in reference to Palestinians and Israel and where we can paly a role as Global Watch... its unacceptable that a situation prevails within Palestine and between Israel of hostility that also finds itself on the sporting field. Part of our mission, we will be working with Mr Blatter... and members of FIFA."
He went on further to explain that: "[I will] have initial discussions with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Football Association to understand what their objectives are, what their feelings are… it’s a fact finding and also a listening exercise”.