Sport Quotas: Sixth transformation report calls for equity to go hand in hand with equality in South African sport By Yanga Sibembe
Minister of Sport and Recreation Tokozile Xasa and Chairperson of the Eminent Persons Group Happy Ntshingila headed an event in Pretoria on Tuesday, 23 April unpacking progress on transformation in sport in South Africa. The report was the sixth since 2011.
Of the “big five” federations , Athletics South Africa performed the worst in meeting targets for the second year running, achieving a paltry 31% for its self-set targets. The minister pointed out that the demographic profile as at mid-year 2018, according to StatsSA, was an overall population of 57.7-million, with black Africans making up 46.7-million ; coloured – 5.1-million ; whites – 4.5-million ; Indian/Asian – 1.4-million .
Basson said the general quality of data collection and reliability from the federations had improved over the past five years, but that there were still issues with data collection at school-level sport. In terms of the self-set targets, eight federations scored 50% or more. They are table tennis , football , gymnastics , tennis , rugby , cricket , netball , baseball . Amateur boxing , bowls and rowing were the worst-performing federations in this section.
With the targets set in the transformation report, the department was looking for a “long-term, as well sustainable” solution to achieving transformation, whereas the quota system was a “quick fix”.
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