Apartheid in South Africa
During 1970 and 1983, Johnston said that he disapproved of the boycotts of South Africa by England cricket teams as he believed that sport and politics should not be mixed. He had disagreements with John Arlott who backed the boycotts. However, in his 1974 autobiography, Johnston wrote that he both disliked and disagreed with apartheid, and looked forward to it being ended, which occurred following the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990.
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