South African sport still a racially divided field, government study finds | South Africa
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 12, 2024
Nelson Mandela's ideal of non-racialism is still a distant dream on the playing fields of South Africa two decades after the demise of apartheid, a study has found.
Cricket and rugby remain bastions of the white minority, while football continues to be seen as a preserve of the black majority, the government research shows.
Willie Basson, a member of the sports ministry's panel overseeing racial transformation, admitted: "The processes to change the face of sport over the past 20 years have been largely . . .
