Sports Ministry wants probe following Ashwin Willemse walk-out
South Africa's sports ministry wants rugby analysts, Nick Mallett and Naas Botha suspended - pending an investigation into Saturday night's events during Supersport's live broadcast.
Former Springbok , Ashwin Willemse walked off the set claiming unfair treatment at the hands of the pair - following the Lions-Brumbies game.
The sports broadcaster says it is conducting an investigation into the incident. The Sports Minister says Mallett and Botha should be suspended, pending the probe.
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A shocked Toko Xasa says if they're allowed to continue to work, the channel would be endorsing alleged racism.
"Minister Xasa is shocked at what seemed to be an alleged incident of racism by rugby analysts at SuperSport's studios. We take this quite seriously because the quota system has been wrongly referred to as tokenism where black players are used to replace white players. This is far from the truth," her spokesperson, Vuyo Mhaga said.