The race was marked with some teams boycotting the event due to apartheid – the segregation of blacks and whites – and was the last South African Formula One race until apartheid ended in 1992.
A carreira estivo marcada porque algúns equipos intentaron boicotear o evento debido ao apartheid, a segregación de negros negros e brancos, e foi a última carreira de Fórmula Un en Suráfrica ata que terminou o apartheid en 1992.