Ashwin Willemse walkout sets wheels in motion at SuperSport
Broadcaster says it takes Willemse walkout seriously and will ‘take appropriate action to remedy the situation’
The investigation into events around SuperSport rugby analyst Ashwin Willemse’s stunning walkout live on air on Saturday night is still at a preliminary stage‚ the broadcaster says. Willemse‚ a Springbok wing who played 19 Tests and was a member of the 2007 World Cup-winning squad‚ said on air he "can’t work with people who undermine other people". The incident has left SuperSport reeling after Minister of Sport and Recreation Tokozile Xasa issued a statement of support for Willemse on Sunday before the broadcaster had a chance to investigate the incident. "This behaviour of entitlement by some white South Africans who continue to think that their whiteness represents better must come to an end‚" Xasa said. "If it was not for a barbaric, nonsensical apartheid system that privileged them, we could not have implemented [a] quota system to normalise an otherwise abnormal system. "Willemse is not just a former Springbok player, but in 2003 he was named South African rugby player of the ...
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