The Citizen reports that labour federation Cosatu’s Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich and a transformation group think some of the untransformed ‘Stellenbosch Mafia’ Springboks are ‘playing badly’ as part of a ‘classically’ racist plot.
Ehrenreich alleged: “Members of the Springboks, who previously approached Cosatu to look into the lack of transformation, signalled there is a group of white players who want to see this integrated team and coach fail. This may be behind the bad performance of some of the players in the last two matches [against Ireland].” SA Rugby has remained tight-lipped over the extraordinary claims, with a mere response of “no comment”. But Rugby Transformation Forum chairperson Nqaba Malghas said his organisation actually held the same view as Cosatu. Malghas said it was hoped that coach Allister Coetzee would not allow this to affect him.
- Read this report by Yadhana Jadoo in full at The Citizen
- See too, Cosatu suggests white players behind Bok struggles, at Sport24
- Cosatu’s press statement in this regard is at Cosatu Today
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page