It all started with the title track, which lambasted the ignorance of artists who accepted invitations to play at the Sun City resort in the bantustan of Bophuthatswana. That eclectic blend would ...

Lou Reed and U2 took a less nuanced stance and pledged (in a song titled Sun City) not to play there. Bop imploded at the end of apartheid, with fighting between Mangope’s Bophuthatswana Defence ...

1980 : Mike Weaver knocks out Gerrie Coetzee in the 13th round to retain the WBA heavyweight title in Sun City, Bophuthatswana. 1981 : Brian Sipe of the Cleveland Browns passes for 444 yards and ...