Malema U-turns on his Springboks praise, blames it on 'slip in political consciousness'

Malema U-turns on his Springboks praise, blames it on 'slip in political consciousness'

Last week, Malema praised the squad and Captain Siya Kolisi on their triumph, calling Kolisi"My Captain" on social media platform X.However, with the Rugby World Cup excitement having waned, Malema has made a U-turn, claiming that his praise was a"slip in political consciousness" and that he cannot support the team's name, colours and logo.

Malema argued that South Africa could not remove apartheid symbols and maintain the name Springbok, the emblem and the colours that were used during apartheid by white people. Malema explained that rugby was not a white man’s sport. He said South Africans in the Eastern Cape and everywhere else played rugby long before the Springboks played rugby.

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