Wake up daily to our latest coverage of business done better, directly in your inbox.
Get your weekly dose of analysis on rising corporate activism.
The best of solutions journalism in the sustainability space, published monthly.
Select Newsletter
By signing up you agree to our privacy policy. You can opt out anytime.
Civil rights organisation AfriForum has launched a comprehensive campaign to gather the support of South Africans against racial quotas in South African sports.
The campaign was launched after the Minister of Sport, Fikile Mbalula, announced recently that sports teams will be forced to employ a quota system which requires that 60% of the players in a team be black.
According to Kallie Kriel, ceo of AfriForum, complaints to international sporting federations will carry a lot of weight, as most of these bodies explicitly prohibit any form of racial discrimination and government interference in sports.
Kriel also pointed out that the same stipulation is explicitly included in the Olympic Manifesto of the International Olympic Committee, which is applicable to most sports, as well as the regulations issued by the International Rugby Board, the International Cricket Council and the International Netball Federation.
Kriel said that AfriForum unequivocally supports the development of sport, affording all South Africans an equal opportunity to participate. A race-based quota system does not, however, contribute to the development of new players and merely disadvantages talented sport stars. "Talented black players are disadvantaged by quotas because the validity of their inclusion into teams is always questioned, and young white players are excluded from teams because they happen to be of the wrong race," Kriel said.
Picture credit: © Kiankhoon | Dreamstime Stock Photos
TriplePundit has published articles from over 1000 contributors. If you'd like to be a guest author, please get in touch!
