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SA Sports Minister bans rugby, cricket from hosting major events due to lack of transformation─── 12:31 Mon, 25 Apr 2016
Cape Town – Sports Minister, Fikile Mbalula, on Monday announced his decision to revoke the privileges of four major sporting federations to host or bid to stage any major international events due to their failure to meet transformation targets.
Mbalula was speaking at the receiving of the results of the third Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Transformation in Sport Report for 2014/15.
“I have therefore 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 federation, not meeting their own set transformation targets with immediate effect,” Mabalula said.
“I will review this decision when considering the results of the 2016/17 Transformation Barometer.”
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