Boks can go to World Cup
The party says it is not happy with the number of black players in the squad and had wanted the North Gauteng High Court to stop the team from being allowed to travel to England.
Party president Tshidiso Mokhoanatse did not have legal representation when he arrived at court. After an adjournment to allow the applicant to find a lawyer, the urgent application was withdrawn.Judge Ntendeya Mavundla told the court that however, the issue of transformation needs to be tackled as it is crucial.
"In respect of compliance, in terms of Rule 16a, maybe what we need to do, especially having regard to the fact that there are issues, the interdict is no longer pursued.
''We afford the applicants to comply with Rule 16a, which will then allow a broader community to engage in this matter, so that at one or other stage, later down the line this issue of transformation can then be ventilated," he said.
Listen to Judge Mavundla below:
#Springboks We are about to have a briefing regarding what happened in court pic.twitter.com/d3djVZT72m
— Karabo Ngoepe (@karabongoepe1) September 2, 2015
#Springboks Tshidiso Mokhoanatse says they are happy with the outcomes of court. Says it was a calculated move
— Karabo Ngoepe (@karabongoepe1) September 2, 2015
#Springboks Mokhoanatse: SA is made of a mixture of racial groups & they represent percentages of population. It should be reflected
— Karabo Ngoepe (@karabongoepe1) September 2, 2015
#Springboks Mokhoanatse says government has failed to equip black people with the necessary tools to become competent and compete in rugby
— Karabo Ngoepe (@karabongoepe1) September 2, 2015
#Springboks Mokhoanatse: We are not going to engage any further. The judge has opened the transformation dialogue to all South Africans
— Karabo Ngoepe (@karabongoepe1) September 2, 2015
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