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SACA voices support for Lungi Ngidi, wants freedom of expression

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'We must... respect Lungi, as a sporting role model, when he exercises his freedom of expression on the important matter of racial discrimination,' SACA CEO Andrew Breetzke said.

Lungi Ngidi during a media opportunity at SuperSport Park on November 12, 2019 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Ngidi further said the Proteas, as a whole, should get behind the movement and that stance drew criticism from former Proteas like Boeta Dippenaar and Pat Symcox. “Individual athlete activism has challenged societal prejudices since Tommie Smith, Peter Norman, and John Carlos stood up for human rights and against racial oppression from the Olympic podium in 1968.

Andrew Breetzke, CEO of SACA said: “Freedom of expression is an enabling right that all South Africans support.

 

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