Sports federations who fail to comply with transformation targets they agreed upon will have their wings severely clipped, Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula warned yesterday.
"Our new framework for funding is geared at rewarding compliance with the transformation agenda," said Mbalula.
"We have other instruments and tools to ensure compliance. This includes the awarding of national colours, funding, political support, withdrawal of sponsorship and endorsement, prohibition of bidding and hosting of major events, and deregistration of a sporting body," Mbalula said after delegates of rugby, cricket, netball, soccer and athletics made a fresh commitment to transform yesterday.
They all signed a declaration of intent to comply with the Eminent Persons Group report that was tasked to set a transformation agenda for the country.
The various sports have different ways of reaching their different targets. Cricket has implemented measures to fast-track black talent from franchise level down, but Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat emphasised they don't have quotas, or targets, for the national team.
"We were fortunately in a position where our target setting happened at the Indaba in 2013," Lorgat said yesterday. But he was loath to disclose how transformed the Proteas must be at the end of their five-year plan.
By contrast, the targets for rugby have been in the public domain for almost a year.
Slackers will be wing-clipped - Mbalula
Sports federations who fail to comply with transformation targets they agreed upon will have their wings severely clipped, Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula warned yesterday.
"Our new framework for funding is geared at rewarding compliance with the transformation agenda," said Mbalula.
"We have other instruments and tools to ensure compliance. This includes the awarding of national colours, funding, political support, withdrawal of sponsorship and endorsement, prohibition of bidding and hosting of major events, and deregistration of a sporting body," Mbalula said after delegates of rugby, cricket, netball, soccer and athletics made a fresh commitment to transform yesterday.
They all signed a declaration of intent to comply with the Eminent Persons Group report that was tasked to set a transformation agenda for the country.
The various sports have different ways of reaching their different targets. Cricket has implemented measures to fast-track black talent from franchise level down, but Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat emphasised they don't have quotas, or targets, for the national team.
"We were fortunately in a position where our target setting happened at the Indaba in 2013," Lorgat said yesterday. But he was loath to disclose how transformed the Proteas must be at the end of their five-year plan.
By contrast, the targets for rugby have been in the public domain for almost a year.