RETIRED Springbok rugby player Tendai Mtawarira has recently added his voice to the Black Lives Matter conversation.
Mtawarira took to social media to express his support for former teammate and current Springbok captain, Siya Kolisi, who also recently showed his support for several Black sportsmen who have shared their experiences with racism within South African sport, in the past few weeks.
South African sport continues to undergo a reckoning as it pertains to the continued systemic racism which has had a silent stronghold on the industry.
The likes of Proteas cricketer Lungi Ngidi and veteran cricketer Makhaya Ntini have since shown their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, despite notable backlash, and also spoken out about possible transformation within not only cricket, but South African sports as a whole.
In Mtawarira’s latest Instagram post, he says that, “We need to afford each other the same opportunities to excel.”
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