Ukuxhumana phakathi kwezemidlalo nezepolitiki: ngo-Agasti 18, 1964 eNingizimu-East Africa kwavalwa emidlalweni yama-Olimpiki, kwaze kwaba ngawo-1990, abantu abaMnyama baseNingizimu Afrika, kodwa futhi nabo bonke abantu abangewona abamhlophe njenge amaNdiya, akhona kakhulu ezweni abhekana nokucwaswa okwaziwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Afrikaner - Apartheid"

Uma ukwahlukanisa kwaqala ukwenziwa kancane kancane ezweni, kwaqala ukusebenza ngokusemthethweni ngo-1948. Ebhekene nobandlululo nokuhlukunyezwa kwalo okunobudlova, umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba ube nezindlela eziphikisanayo. Amanye amazwe awazange anqikaze ukugxeka ubandlululo, kanti amanye, njenge-United States, ayenobudlelwano bezohwebo nombuso wamaBhunu, kulimaza izindinganiso ababethi bazivikela.

Ukuhlukaniswa kuphinde kwaphazamisa umhlaba wezemidlalo: INingizimu Afrika yathumela kuphela abasubathi abamhlophe emincintiswaneni yomhlaba. Ngo-1964, ngesikhathi sama-Olimpiki Wasebusika e-Innsbruck (Austria), IKomidi Lama-Olimpiki Lwamazwe Amazwe (CIO) umemezele izinhlelo zokumisa ukubamba iqhaza kweNingizimu Afrika kuma-Olimpiki AseTokyo Asehlobo (Japan), ehlelelwe u-Okthoba 1964. IKomidi lihambisane nesinqumo salo. Ngakho-ke, izwe lalizolahla ngokusemthethweni ubandlululo futhi liqede konke ukucwaswa kwezemidlalo ngo-Agasti 16, 1964. 

NgoJuni 1964, iKomidi lama-Olimpiki laseNingizimu Afrika lamemezela ukuthi lalihlela ukuthumela abasubathi abayisi-7 abangewona abamhlophe eTokyo -kumalungu angama-62, iqembu le-Olympic ebelinawo. Lesi sinqumo sibonwe singanele yi-IOC, ememezele ngokusemthethweni ukuvinjelwa kweNingizimu Afrika ukuthi ingabambi iqhaza emidlalweni yama-Olympic ngo-Agasti 18, 1964. Eminye imikhawulo enkundleni yezemidlalo yathinta izwe; Abasubathi baseNingizimu Afrika bavinjelwe emncintiswaneni weWimbledon kanye ne-International Soccer Federation (FIFA) futhi ivimbela noma yikuphi ukubamba iqhaza kweNingizimu Afrika imincintiswano yayo. Akugcinanga lapho ngo-1992 kanye nama-Olimpiki e-Barcelona (Spain) ukuze iNingizimu Afrika -eyayichithe imithetho yayo ebandlululayo ngonyaka owedlule - kungenzeka futhi ubambe iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni yama-Olimpiki.