Why did the Springboks lose against the All Blacks today?

Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Richard Catto 1,047 views

Because to beat the All Blacks you need real South African blacks, not imported blacks from Zimbabwe, not coloureds pretending to be blacks, not whites who have dominated South African Rugby since the bad old days of Apartheid.

The Springbok Rugby team needs 12 genuine South African black people in its 15 man line up.

Nothing less will do.

Coloured players are not black. They are coloured and they comprise an even smaller percentage of South Africa’s population than whites do.

Neither do we need blacks who came here from Zimbabwe, like Tendai Mtawarira (born in Harare) or Brian Mujati (born in Bulawayo).

The Springbok Rugby team is a racial disgrace. There is no transformation present at all. Putting more coloured people in the team is not transformation. Putting black people from Zimbabwe in the team is not transformation. Putting 11 white people in in the original line up is not transformation.

And don’t talk to me about selecting on merit. The white players, that so many South Africans think are so good, have ZERO merit. If they had any merit, our team would be winning, but it is not. Our team is a bunch of sad losers.

Here is my suggestion:

Get rid of all the white players. Get rid of all the coloured players. Get rid of all the black players from Zimbabwe.

Start again from scratch with no players.

Find at least 12 South African black players who were actually born in this country. Add 2 white players and 1 coloured.

You now have a racially transformed team, that will beat the living crap out of the All Blacks.

Oh, and get rid of Pieter de Villiers as coach and find a real black South African coach.

Coloured people are not a suitable substitute for real black South Africans.

Accept no substitutes. Insist on genuine honest to god, real home grown Black Power.

That is what the Springbok Rugby team needs, as well as a new name. Let’s get rid of all vestiges of Apartheid in this country. White racists chose the name Springbok.

We need a new name for the team, because without a new name, morale will be negatively affected.

Here is the team that went out on the field today at Newlands:

15 – Percy Montgomery (21-Francois Steyn) WHITE (WHITE)
14 – JP Pietersen COLOURED
13 – Jean de Villiers WHITE
12 – Adrian Jacobs COLOURED
11 – Bryan Habana (22-Conrad Jantjes) COLOURED (WHITE)
10 – Butch James WHITE
9 – Fourie du Preez (20-Enrico Januarie) WHITE (COLOURED)
8 – Pierre Spies (18-Danie Rossouw) WHITE (WHITE)
7 – Juan Smith WHITE
6 – Schalk Burger (19-Luke Watson) WHITE (WHITE)
5 – Victor Matfield WHITE
4 – Andries Bekker WHITE
3 – CJ van der Linde (17-Brian Mujati) WHITE (BLACK) – Zimbabwean
2 – Bismarck du Plessis (16-Adriaan Strauss) WHITE (WHITE)
1 – Tendai Mtawarira BLACK – Zimbabwean

Just to clarify, this article is written tongue in cheek. I thought that would be obvious but I guess not.

Tags: All Blacks, Newslands, Springbok Rugby team, transformation, Tri-nations
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the irony

Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Richard Catto 965 views

This post is an edited version of an email I sent to someone.

Ironically last year I stood by another blogger when he was being attacked online. This year he and others have joined together to brand me a racist troll, which I regard as slander.

I befriended him last year in May via his blog. Standing by him obviously helped build our friendship. It soon became apparent, however, that he and I share very different political views. He began to show contempt towards me in his comments. He regarded my political views as idiotic.

Whatever residual goodwill he might have had for me, did not prevent him from posting numerous blog posts in which he slated me.

For some reason, the post I wrote recently about Emily Williams sent him and a few others over the edge with rage. They denounced me as a troll in blog postings and comments.

The strong reaction has taken me by surprise. When I read the account, I was immediately struck by the mother’s decision to remain parked outside the house where she suspected a crime was in progress. I wrote what I felt.

I’m also finding that I’m butting heads with a lot of whites who don’t like what I have to say about taking personal responsibility for their role in Apartheid. As we are all discovering, South Africa is actually very deeply polarised on racial lines. Racism abounds.

Last year I published a blog post about a woman who said "fuck off, kaffir" to a black man at the V&A Waterfront. I was astounded by the racism displayed by many whites in reaction to my article. One Afrikaans business man from KZN unsubscribed from my newsletter leaving a racist comment as his reason.

This year, as you know, a black domestic worker discovered that her white employer regarded her as a "kaffir bitch" via a missent SMS.

These events (and others, including the Skielik shootings) serve only to further polarise South Africans on racial lines. I have been advocating that whites apologise for their role in Apartheid. This has gone over well with black South Africans but provoked a strong angry response from many white South Africans.

I am now being subjected to various attacks because of these views. I’m being smeared online as a troll and a racist, presumeably an anti-white racist, even though I am white myself.

I think this year is turning out to be a year of truthful disillusionment. The Rainbow Nation we were so proud of, appears to be an illusion, shattered by the reality of rampany anti-black racism amongst dissatified whites.

Tags: Apartheid, kaffir, Racism, Rainbow Nation, transformation
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