Sports Minister Shock Announcement Transformation

Sports and Politics should never mix. Definitely against the IOC Charter.

Pretoria - Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has suspended the privileges of SA Rugby, Cricket South Africa and Athletics SA from bidding for international tournaments due to lack of transformation.

"I have resolved to revoke the privilege of Athletics South Africa (ASA), Cricket South Africa (CSA), Netball South Africa (NSA) and South African Rugby (SARU) to host and bid for major and mega international tournaments in the Republic of South Africa as a consequence of the aforementioned federations, not meeting their own set transformation targets with immediate effect," Mbalula said on Monday.

"I will review this decision when considering the results of the 2016/2017 Transformation Barometer."

Mbalula made the announcement during the release of the Eminent Persons Group on Transformation in Sport in Pretoria.

He said the South African Football Association (SAFA) had met its target, but lashed out at the slow pace of introducing soccer at private schools.

"In respect of the South African Football Association, I am delighted that SAFA has met its transformation targets. I will, however, issue a Ministerial directive to SAFA as a consequence of their poor drive to penetrate and roll out football in former Model C schools and private schools," said Mbalula.


He said the Transformation Charter was the load-star of the sport movement that drew attention to the immediate and inevitable necessity for the Sport System to Transform for both Moral and Strategic imperatives.

He said morally, it was "the right thing to do", considering the grave injustices of the past. And it was strategically necessary, because of the reality that 84% of the country’s Under-18-year-old population was black African and only 16% white, coloured and Indian.

He said to ignore this strategic reality, from a sustainability perspective alone, would be suicidal.

He said he had applied his mind to the aforementioned reality and had taken into account the strides made by men and women within the sports movement to achieve transformation goals.

"It is not my intention to disrupt the momentum gained from the implementation of the Transformation Barometer and the global competitive edge of some federations and sports bodies. However, I am mindful of the urgent task for federations to move with speed in the direction of providing quality of opportunities and access to the youth of our country," he said.

Interestingly he mentions :ohmy:

He said the South African Football Association (SAFA) had met its target, but lashed out at the slow pace of introducing soccer at private schools.

"In respect of the South African Football Association, I am delighted that SAFA has met its transformation targets. I will, however, issue a Ministerial directive to SAFA as a consequence of their poor drive to penetrate and roll out football in former Model C schools and private schools," said Mbalula.

It is amazing that MP's ask non gov. structures to get right what they cannot do themselves, he is an absolute clown who has no idea of what is going on in reality with his own structures. At the KZN trials children from 10 years old waited 4 hours in the sun before someone stepped in to get trials started.......

What has gov. done lately for Athletics, Cricket & Rugby at rural schools???????????????

We have had companies sponsor Bakers Mini Cricket from 20 years ago, millions & millions spent on underprivileged kids and where are those cricketers now? The system is broken and he is expecting someone to fix it because he cannot.

If the former model C schools played football instead of rugby he would have a serious transformation problem in this sport as well.

Does anyone take this clown seriously? For me the answer is simple , just boycott sport in sa period

Cover up as all the money is spent on the biggest clown living in SA, Jacob "i dont give a fuck about my people" Zuma

They dont want rugby or cricket world cups as there are no back handers unlike football where most involved in politics became overnight millionares in 2010

I'm looking forward to the transformation in the swimming team.

Soccer has definitely achieved its target .Giving away 10 million dollars of tax payers money to the Diaspora . :sick: :sick: :sick:

Fuckile Mampara!!

"In respect of the South African Football Association, I am delighted that SAFA has met its transformation targets.

And yet Bafana Bafana still fail to qaulify for any major tournaments unless we are the host nation - 'President Jacob Zuma'.

So much for transformation Mabulula...

i am quite excited my local badminton league was not mentioned so we are still able to play the game we love.

Sylvester wrote: i am quite excited my local badminton league was not mentioned so we are still able to play the game we love.

If you hit a white shuttlecock I don't see any problem............ :dry: