Sport, Arts and Culture Minister NathiMthethwaSA has no right to intimidate or victimise players on the basis of their support, or not, for the BLM movement, says solidariteit | IOLsport Pic: PA
CAPE TOWN – Trade Union Solidarity on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction about statements from Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa following reports over the weekend that eight South African rugby players refused to take the knee ahead of an English Premiership rugby match.
Following reports of a number of South African players in the Premiership who refused to take the knee, Minister Nathi Mthethwa called on SA Rugby to ‘take action’ against the eight South African players in the Sale Sharks team – most of whom are Springboks – who did not take the knee ahead of the match against Harlequins at the weekend.
A number of South African rugby players in the English Premiership have decided against supporting the Black Lives Matter anti-racism movement. Photo: PA Hennie Bierman, head of the Occupational Guilds division at Solidarity, explained their stance further: “No employer may force anyone to support a political movement. Even worse, no politician may interfere in the workplace to force an employer to do so. Professional sportsmen and women are already in a particularly precarious position with regard to job security. We cannot allow their constitutional rights to be violated as well.
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