Ashwin Willemse



South Africa’s first black rugby captain Kolisi brushes off racial tensions

  • ‘Siya’ Kolisi told journalists in Johannesburg that he wanted to focus on the game and not on the political and racial narratives around his historic appointment.
  • Racial tensions reignited off the field this month when TV analyst and former black Springbok Ashwin Willemse accused two former white internationals of being ‘patronizing.’
By AFP ·