The FF Plus handed a petition to the British High Commissioner this morning in Pretoria, in which it is requested that the British High Commissioner in South Africa, the British rugby unions and the British government take note of the ANC government’s interference in sport in South Africa.
The full letter follows below:
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTION OF THE SPRINGBOK RUGBY TEAM FOR THE RUGBY WORLD-CUP OF 2015
The above matter refers.
We hereby kindly request that you take note of the possible political interference with regards to the selection of the South African Springbok rugby team for the Rugby World Cup of 2015 to be held in England.
We kindly request that the British High Commissioner, the British Rugby-Unions and the British Government take note of the following:
We therefore kindly bring the abovementioned under your urgent attention and urge you to take this matter up with the South African government and the South African Rugby Union to ensure that political interference is kept out of rugby.
In the end we still support the current Springbok rugby team and wish to see it participate in the tournament without any further political interference to the best of the teams’ abilities. We would ideally like to see pressure being applied on the South African government to cease any future political interference in rugby and kindly request your assistance herein.
Contact numbers: 082 391 3117 / 083 419 5403
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