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Nick Mallet and Naas Botha back on Supersport─── OLEBOGENG MOTSE 17:53 Tue, 19 Jun 2018
Supersport has found racism was not at play in Ashwin Willemse’s walk-off on May 19.
Multichoice CEO Calvo Mawela said at a media briefing today that Ashwin Willemse did not want to participate in the Review by Advocate Vincent Maleka, because he did not believe it was the right forum to prove the matter. SuperSport has decided to hand the report to the human rights commission.
This comes after, Supersport has found racism was not at play in Ashwin Willemse’s walk-off on May 19.
At a media briefing, Supersport CEO, Gideon Khobane and Advocate Vincent Maleka, who investigated the incident conducted interviews with those present – aside from Willemse, who refused to partake in the probe - also reviewed recordings of the broadcast to reach his conclusion on the matter.
Khobane says Maleka did not find any evidence of racism directed towards Willemse by his co-hosts Naas Botha and Nick Mallett and as a result the two presenters will resume their duties at Supersport.
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