When the Bantu Administration Board denied him access for black teams to sports grounds, he rallied the community to build his own rugby stadium.
Qeqe joined Spring Rose Rugby Football Club in the 1950s after leaving Fort Beaufort for Port Elizabeth.
During the 1970s Dan Qeqe administered non-racial rugby and cricket in the Eastern Cape.
After the Bantu Administration Board denied the Kwazakele Rugby Union (Kwaru) access to sports grounds, Qeqe led the fight to build his own stadium.
[1] Qeqe resigned from membership of the Port Elizabeth Joint Advisory Board, which he came to see as ineffective.