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Monde Tabata during the South Africa Rugby Union Executive committee photocall session at Newlands Southern Sun Hotel on January 26, 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa.Image: Carl Fourie / Gallo Images
COVID 19

Much-loved SA Rugby board member Monde Tabata dies due to Covid-19 complications

Respected SA Rugby board member Monde Tabata has died due to Covid-19-related complications. SA Rugby said in a statement the 60-year-old had died after several months fighting the effects of the virus. The urbane Tabata was a much loved…

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Nathi Mthethwa (Minister of Sport) during the South African national rugby team arrival media conference at OR Tambo International Airport on November 05, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa.Picture: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
BLM

Mthethwa asks SA Rugby to take action after eight players refuse to bend the knee in support of BLM in England

Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa has asked SA Rugby to make a pronouncement on the actions of eight South African players who refused to kneel in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement ahead of a match that was played in England…

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SA Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux speaks to the media electronically from Cape Town on June 8 2020.Image: Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images
JURIE ROUX

SA Rugby to take steps to address grievances suffered by black players in the sport

SA Rugby chief executive officer Jurie Roux declared on Tuesday that they intend to take steps to address grievances suffered by black players in the sport. In what can be seen as the strongest Black Lives Matter statement from any of…

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