CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The Black Lives Matter movement has forced South African sport to reflect on its post-Apartheid history and created fissures between former team mates in a country still trying to come to terms with its racist past.
The BLM movement has put a spotlight on the way societies treat people of color around the world and in South Africa the debate has centered on sport.
The discussion has focused on how opportunities were scarce for Black players across some sporting codes even after the fall of Apartheid, the system of racial segregation that existed in the country from 1948 until the early 1990s.
It has been a public debate that has often turned ugly and threatened to create further divides, including between former players from an older generation and those who currently feature in national teams.
When South Africa's World Cup winning former rugby captain Francois Inner went on a knee in July in support of the BLM in the reality of cricket, he was criticized by some former team-mates.
Former Springbuck co-star Ollie Lee retweeted a post that gave the illustration for the worship of Satan BLM.
Pioneer said he was showing solidarity against "any form of racism and daemon", but the public reaction included death threats.
A short while later, eight South African members by the Premier League rugby team Sale Sharks were 'not taking a knee' before a game in England, although they did rugby against the racist 'T-shirt'.
'Cancer' racism
The country's sports minister, Nethra M, asked South African rugby to take action against the players, including 2019 World Cup winners Fax and Loud de Jack, to ensure that the pressure will be put on sports federations to ensure that their players are not allowed to play against the government.
..if it doesn't, the government is not sure what to do with the constitution.
Cricket South Africa, the governing body of the sport in the country, has recently come under fire from various quarters including former black players who were blocked from the national team.
Other allegations also relate to poor treatment of black players who were selected, including under the captain of the current director of cricket by Smith. FILE PICTURE: South African President Nelson Mandela (L) raises his arms to his arms in joy as Super bowl captain Francois Einar played at an Ellis Park after the Jholta Ellis Cup in Newland. South Africa won 15-12 in extra time/file picture
He has ruled out a referendum, but the current squad recently had a four-day "culture camp", where, among other things, he could also have been a aerial thinker on issues about race and past treatment of athletes.
"It is very important to discuss the history of this race, the country and the change," batsman Rossy van der Dossan said in a statement to cSA after the camp.
Rugby and cricket in this country have been focused without any field action-19 global sedition, but they face the possibility of a microscopic test when teams start playing again in the coming months.
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