Tributes continue to pour from sporting fraternities and political spheres following the death of sports activist and journalist, Cheryl Roberts after losing her fight with cancer.Tributes continue to pour from sporting fraternities and political spheres following the death of sports activist and journalist, Cheryl Roberts after losing her fight with cancer.
The three-time table tennis champion was passionate about women’s sports and transformation. She represented South Africa in table tennis during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. This stage of her life was preceded by sports unity talks fighting the race-based sporting codes of that time. “She gave Sascoc more hell than credit and that was Cheryl. What she stood for in Sascoc is what she stood for in the new dispensation, fairness was one of her cornerstones. She was about fairness and justice, even if it was the national sports congress, that principled stance she took with her wherever she went, and that stands out in Cheryl’s life. That is part of her legacy,” says du Plessis.