 Chisholm did not support the South African policy of apartheid and had socialist leanings . Chisholm convinced Ronald Stevenson , a fellow Scot , to perform at the University of Cape Town . During a performance of Stevenson 's Passacaglia , the programme made references to Lenin 's slogan of peace , bread and land and also in salute of the " emergent Africa " . The following day , South African police searched Chisholm 's study in a failed attempt to link him with working for the USSR . 
