Dan Dumile Qeqe was a prominent sports administrator who struggled to establish non-racial sport in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. When the Bantu Administration Board denied him access for black teams to sports grounds, he rallied the community to build his own rugby stadium.

History

Qeqe joined Spring Rose Rugby Football Club in the 1950s after leaving Fort Beaufort

Fort Beaufort

Fort Beaufort is a town in the Amatole District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, and has a population of 78,300. The town was established in 1837 and became a municipality in 1883. The town lies at the confluence of the Kat and Brak rivers between the Keiskamma and Great Fish rivers...

 for Port Elizabeth.

During the 1970s Dan Qeqe administered non-racial rugby and cricket in the Eastern Cape. Qeqe also campaigned for better living conditions. He was harassed and detained by the Security Branch of the South African Police. After the Bantu Administration Board denied the Kwazakele Rugby Union (Kwaru) access to sports grounds, Qeqe led the fight to build his own stadium.

As a deacon of the Edward Memorial Congregational Church, he also helped to build two churches in Motherwell and KwaMagxaki townships.http://www.theherald.co.za/colarc/town/mj290605.htm

Qeqe resigned from membership of the Port Elizabeth Joint Advisory Board, which he came to see as ineffective. http://www.theherald.co.za/colarc/town/mj290605.htm

Qeqe remained Spring Rose's club treasurer up to his death.