Butana Khompela, Sports Committe Chairperson wants to get rid of the Springbok emblem in South African Rugby. I can imagine his thoughts while driving to work every day past an informal settlement:
“Wow, these people look so miserable! I bet it’s the legacy of apartheid is what’s making them look so unhappy and it has nothing to do with their lack of running water or food. You know, we should get rid of that racist Springbok that represents the Rugby team”.
Khompela is clearly one of the more incompetent members of the ANC. His call for the removal of the Springbok emblem is absolutely ridiculous especially considering the work done in transforming Rugby. The South African rugby team is one of the few sports teams we can be proud of and I mean everyone can be proud of; black, white or purple.
There’s no denying that rugby has had some incidents related to racism. The latest Luke Watson anti-Afrikaner tirade as well as the beating of a black supporter at a rugby game certainly resonates strongly but this is certainly not the way to deal with things. Possibly not selling alcohol to members of the public with single digit IQ’s would help?
I remember around this time last year when it was the Rugby World Cup. When we won people in Sandton were partying in the streets in the same way that people in Alexandra celebrated. Rugby is probably more integrated than Soccer.
Fortunately the response from other ANC members has been that Khompela is a reject and his ideas irrelevant. What does bother me is that someone has a well paying job to complain about national emblems. Fact of the matter, people are starving in our country but more importantly our government feels that spending thousands of millions of rands on name changes of airports and roads is their priority.
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