VINCE VAN DER BIJL: Many lessons to be learnt from the Graeme Smith saga
27 April 2022 - 18:33
Graeme Smith’s leadership, dignity, integrity and courage never wavered during all the months he was publicly flogged, in formal and social media, as a racist. The arbitrators’ findings exonerated him on every count, with costs, freeing him of the racist label. Smith will be relieved. However, the lengthy, exhausting process would have taken its toll.
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