Sports minister wants Nick Mallett and Naas Botha suspended after Ashwin Willemse storms out studio
Former Springbok player Willemse walks off the SuperSport set after an alleged racist incident with the two veteran commentators
Sports and Recreation Minister Toko Xasa on Sunday called on SuperSport to suspend Nick Mallett and Naas Botha while it is investigating an incident which led to former Springbok player Ashwin Willemse walking out of a studio during a live broadcast. "The continued appearance of Mallett and Botha will be seen as an endorsement of their alleged racist behaviour‚" Xasa said. Willemse walked off set following comments apparently made by fellow presenters Mallett and Botha. Mallett is a former Springbok player and coach and Botha is a former Springbok captain and flyhalf. The incident happened following the Lions’ 42-24 win over the Brumbies at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday. In a statement‚ Xasa also condemned the continued behaviour of white entitlement in the sport of rugby. "This behaviour of entitlement by some white South Africans who continue to think that their whiteness represent better must come to an end. If it was not for a barbaric nonsensical apartheid system that ...
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