Black Lives Matter forces South African sport to face past demons


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 04 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership - Harlequins v Sale Sharks - Twickenham Stoop, London, Britain - August 14, 2020 Sale Sharks' Marland Yarde and Tom Curry kneel during a moments reflection against racism before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Action Images/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The Black Lives Matter movement has forced South African sport to reflect on its post-Apartheid history and created fissures between former team mates in a country still trying to come to terms with its racist past.

The BLM movement has put a spotlight on the way societies treat people of colour around the world and in South Africa the debate has centred on sport.

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