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Original Post Date: 2003-01-02 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 1/2/2003 6:11:58 PM
Political Fighting in South Africa over Zim Cricket
[Note. Here you can see what a bunch of lying hypocrits the African National Congress in South Africa are. They led a sports boycott and sanctions moves against Apartheid – but what Mugabe is engaging in – national genocide – is smartly overlooked. This is just one more of so many indications that they are liars who actually support Robert Mugabe. Jan]
Flak Over World Cup Matches in Zim
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Source: South African Press Association (Johannesburg)
Dated: December 31, 2002
Cape Town
Political parties criticised Sport and Recreation Minister Ngconde
Balfour on Tuesday for his support of Cricket World Cup matches being
played in Zimbabwe.
Democratic Alliance spokesman Donald Lee also called on Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe to agree voluntarily — in the interests of
sport — to the cup matches scheduled for Zimbabwe being played
elsewhere.
If he did not, South Africa should take the lead in calling on the
International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action.
The African National Congress and the ICC had “forgotten the past”, Lee
said in a statement.
“It led the sports boycott of South Africa when human rights violations
took place in this country.
“Now that gross human rights violations are taking place as a matter of
government policy in Zimbabwe, Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour wants
sportsmen to stay out of politics,” he said.
The Cricket World Cup should not become tainted by matches having to
take place in Zimbabwe where the “president is a pariah”.
“During the apartheid era the ICC was one of the strongest proponents of
the sports boycott of South Africa.
“It should now boycott Zimbabwe in the knowledge that Mr Mugabe will use
any World Cup matches played in that country as an affirmation of his
leadership,” Lee said.
Afrikaner Unity Movement (AEB) leader Cassie Aucamp said in another
statement his party had never supported political intervention in sport,
and it was not a matter of particular concern for the AEB where England
and Zimbabwe played their cricket matches.
But, for Balfour “it is a totally different case”.
Aucamp said Balfour should answer two questions.
Had the ANC changed its well known slogan of “no normal sport in an
abnormal society”, as applied against the apartheid government?
Secondly, if not, did he regard Zimbabwe under the Zanu-PF regime as a
normal society?
“Does he regard the disrespect for the rule of law, disrespect for
property rights, election fraud and the deliberate starvation of non
Zanu-PF supporters as bench marks for a normal society?
“If the minister can answer one of these two questions in the
affirmative, he can continue with his plea. If not, his whole integrity
is at stake,” Aucamp said.
On Monday, Balfour urged all countries participating in the World Cup to
support the ICC’s decision to play the six scheduled matches in
Zimbabwe.
The cricket showpiece begins on February 8 in Cape Town. Most of the
matches will be played in South Africa, but Zimbabwe will play its group
matches at home, and two matches will be played in Kenya.
“We will not support any move to shift matches from either Zimbabwe or
Kenya and believe the ICC should be supported by all 14 participating
countries in its decision to go ahead with its World Cup programme,”
Balfour said in a statement.
The ICC sent a delegation to Zimbabwe to assess the situation and
earlier this month said it was satisfied that the safety of players from
visiting countries could be guaranteed when the games are played in
Bulawayo and Harare.
The decision to play those matches in Zimbabwe has drawn wide criticism
from many quarters, in particular British and Australian politicians.
On Monday, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai added to
growing calls for a boycott of World Cup cricket in his country.