When in July 2015 the giant of non-racial football
struggles, Mr Norman Middleton, passed away, scores of the veterans of
Federation football gathered at his funeral in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa
to say their final farewell.
Mr Middleton served as president of the South African
Federation in the 1970s and 1980s at a time when the political struggles in the
country had reached boiling point.
Mr Middleton and his fellow officials and the
footballers themselves made immense contributions to the struggles for a
non-racial and democratic society. They made this sacrifice despite being harassed
and intimidated by the former apartheid security police.
I attended the funeral as a journalist who interacted
regularly with Mr Middleton during the struggle years. I wanted to pay my
tribute along with the veterans.
I captured these photographs of the veterans who attended
the funeral.
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