Sometimes you have to wonder if the ANC wants racial reconciliation or whether it wants to prod the tiger to see how far it can go before the tiger retaliates.
The black racist fuck, Komphela (see here, here and here) thinks he can just order the emblem to go and it shall be done. There are lines that cannot be crossed and the Springbok emblem is one of them. You can change the national flag, you can even rename streets, towns and sites but mess with the Bok image and name, and you cross the line.
There is no way in hell that Bok supporters of which I am an ardent fan will ever, EVER accept the national rugby side being called anything but the Springboks with the emblem as we know it.
Sports Portfolio Committee chairman Butana Komphela told delegates: "The Springbok divides us. We have a responsibility to unite our country on one national emblem. "Minister, I want you to observe the arrogance of white people on the Springbok emblem," he said.
Komphela said that there could be "no negotiation" on the Springbok emblem. When the floor was opened to the delegates, many speakers called for a resolution removing the Springbok emblem to be passed as soon as possible.
However, Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile said: "My view is that emblems are not matters of life and death." He said there should be one national emblem which all sporting codes would endorse. Komphela added that the Sharks rugby franchise's failure to wear "Say no to racism" on their jerseys was nothing but "rampant racism" on the part of manufacturer Mr Price.
"Dealing with the legacy of apartheid cannot be dealt with by market forces," he said. SA Rugby Union (SARU) chief executive Johan Prinsloo said he could not participate in the debate on the emblem as he had not been authorised to do so and the Springbok emblem had not originally been on the agenda of the Indaba.
According to the sports ministry the main purpose of the indaba, among others, is to develop an integrated national strategy in order to accelerate the implementation of the national sports development agenda. The indaba will focus on the number of critical topics such as "Politics, sport, transformation and excellence, and access to resources".
Earlier in the day SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee(Sascoc) president Moss Mashishi said the country's poor Beijing Olympic results need to be examined without "stones being thrown at each other". He said the "painful lessons of this experience need to be examined soberly rather than be used an opportunity to throw stones at each other".
South Africa's able-bodied athletes only managed one silver medal --their worst result since being readmitted to the international sporting fold. In contrast the country's paralympians a month later enjoyed their best Paralympics to date, raking in 30 medals, including 21 golds, to finish sixth on the medals table.
Mashishi said that "now that we have given the big powers such as the Russians a fright we should put more resources into the team". Referring to the sports funding from the national lottery, Mashishi questioned why the control of those funds were not within the sporting fraternity. An area that needed to be cleared up was the relationship between federations and school sport. "It's an area that is grey and hazy," he said.
UPDATE 10 Oct 2008: - 'The ANC would like to state categorically that it would not like to see any replacement or change of the Springbok emblem until sufficient debate and consultation of all stakeholders, including rugby supporters, has taken place,'' ANC spokeswoman Jessie Duarte said in an e-mailed statement today.
UPDATE 11 Oct 2008: The FF Plus’ spokesperson on Sport, Mr. Werner Weber, put a challenge to Butana Komphela: “Come say what you would like to say during the Currie Cup Final match and see whether the players and spectators accept it.”
The FF Plus has taken note of the huge reaction amongst the rugby spectators about the comments made by the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sport, Butana Komphela, in which he said that the Springbok Emblem should be replaced.
The rugby spectators will not accept the replacement of the Springbok Emblem.
The FF Plus would like to give rugby spectators and players the assurance that the FF Plus will not fail them. The Springbok Emblem still has enormous emotional value for the ordinary viewing public and even enjoys support on an international level. Komphela apparently does not realize this.
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Indeed. The Springbok humans and animals are becoming mythical creatures since both are being murdered at a rapid rate.
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