This from sport24.co.za:
Lloyd Burnard – Sport24
Cape Town – It has been a week in which transformation, or the lack thereof, has hogged South African headlines once more.
Everybody has an opinion, yet those opinions don’t always line up when what is a largely sensitive topic of discussion surfaces.
There are concerns over what can and can’t be said, what is politically correct and what is not, and the more that the topic is discussed the murkier the mechanisms of achieving the end goal become.
Even the end goal itself is unclear.
Are we striving to have every national side become accurately representative of the demographics of the country, without any exception or leniency?
Or is the end goal of transformation to ensure that every sports playing person in South Africa is given an equal opportunity to get to the top of his or her game, at which point the best will be chosen?
It appears that transformation is seeking to achieve both of those things, but identifying the best vehicle to facilitate a move towards those goals has been problematic.
At the April 19 portfolio committee meeting between SA Rugby and the Department of Sport and Recreation, SA Rugby provided feedback on their transformation progress in 2015.
According to their presentation, Western Province was the best performing of the 14 unions in terms of meeting transformation requirements.
What is their secret?
Full story here:
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/fleck-colour-not-a-factor-at-stormers-20160428
Leave a Reply