Basson on the transformation crisis in Gauteng cricket: 'We should not be even having this discussion in 2020'

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Basson on the transformation crisis in Gauteng cricket: 'We should not be even having this discussion in 2020'
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'The fact that the Lions provincial team is reasonable transformed is no excuse for clubs not to be transformed. No excuse.' TiisetsoMalepa

Dr. Willie Basson during the Cricket South Africa media briefing at The Forum, SuperSport Park on March 21, 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa.The findings and recommendations of the Langa commission of inquiry into the affairs of Gauteng cricket are “as valid as they were when they were first published as they are today”, said Dr Willie Basson.

“We should not be even having this discussion in 2020. Transformation and change should not be an issue to the extent that what it appears to be in Gauteng cricket.” Anne Villas took over control of cricket in Gauteng earlier this week but her ascendance to authority has not escaped the problems besetting the provincial board, notorious for its racial divisions.

During the hearings, the Wanderers Cricket Club, Heidelberg Cricket Club and Calypso Old Maristonians Cricket submitted that the Langa report has run its course and should be set aside. Patterson said some of the previously advantaged clubs have several black players, at some clubs in the majority.

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