Gleneagles agreement was a pledge made by leaders of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1977 to discourage sports contact with South Africa. The agreement was made during a meeting at Gleneagles Hotel, in Tayside Region, Scotland. The leaders signed an agreement that they would dissuade athletes from visiting South Africa. The aim of the agreement was to exert pressure on the South African government to abandon its policy of enforced racial separation known as apartheid. The agreement marked the first time the countries of the Commonwealth had taken concerted action against apartheid. South Africa repealed all of its apartheid laws during the 1970’s, 1980’s, and early 1990’s.
