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The Kleinveldt generations
A Cape Town veteran talks about seeing his son and nephew flourish by grabbing opportunities that were denied to him
Johnny Kleinveldt with his sons, Matthew and Gary • Firdose Moonda
It was in the mid-1980s that Johnny Kleinveldt was offered the biggest chance of his career.
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Frank Brache, Basil d'Oliveira's brother-in-in-law, asked him to join Pinelands Cricket Club.
"My parents and my family said no," Johnny remembered. "I just wanted to play, but only afterwards I realised it was the right decision."
Pinelands was a whites-only club that was starting to accept players of colour who were willing to cross over.
Johnny, a Cape Coloured, was a Victoria Cricket Club member. If he moved to Pinelands, he would stand a chance of being selected for the Western Province provincial team. If he stayed at Victoria, he could only play South African Cricket Board (SACBOC) matches, reserved for non-whites and, at