[I have some TV footage of the flags but haven’t had time to put it up. There were flags being waved at matches overseas AND people at the airport greeted the Springbok Rugby Team with the old flags!

I think it is only a matter of time before the ANC makes it an illegal offence to display the old flag. It is most interesting that they have not done it yet!!

The Springbok Rugby team, which used to be the pride of this nation, now has its first BLACK Captain chosen because… he’s the better player… NO… other people have said he is not the best… he was chosen because he is BLACK.

The Springboks were battling to win as the number of blacks increases.

The old Flag and the Springbok team in MY OPINION signify to certain Whites – PRIDE. It shows to me that many were PROUD of the “Old South Africa” because the Old South Africa ACHIEVED GREAT THINGS. There was a REASON to be PROUD. How can we be “proudly South African” of a “new” country that SUCKS… and it sucks because our LEADERS SUCK. Our Leaders can’t solve simple problems and then they go on to LIE about it to cover it up. Spineless wankers! Our leaders are corrupt. Our leaders lie to the public. Deep down, many people must sense this, and hence the whites don’t want to be a PART OF A LOSING NATION. Why be proud of something that obviously SUCKS and is FAILING right before your eyes?

That Springbok Rugby team used to be among the best in the world. The Bafana Bafana soccer team on the other hand represents the ANC and represents the total LOSER NATURE of what Black S.Africa stands for. Blacks are losers and everything blacks touch turns into a losing venture. White people want something to be proud of and there is nothing to be proud of. The country sucks because its leaders suck.

As for me, I am completely sympathetic to those who flew that flag. That flag is a reminder of a time when this country was independent, ass-kicking and above all ACHIEVING! People were PROUD of their achievements! The new flag represents a LOSING NATION… a nation going down the drain-pipe of history. Jan]

The first step has been taken.. Carla

Johannesburg – Springbok team management have condemned the number of old South African flags that were on view during their tour of Ireland and England and upon their return home on Tuesday.

The old South African flag, consisting of orange, white and blue stripes, was done away with after the demise of Apartheid, but several people were seen waving them during the Springboks’ final tour match, against a World XV in Leicester on Sunday.

A couple of flags greeted the team’s first black captain, Chiliboy Ralepelle, at Johannesburg’s international airport on Tuesday.

A Johannesburg newspaper quoted Springbok team manager Zola Yeye as saying the flags had been “sadly prominent” in England and on their return home.

“It was embarrassing to see so many of the flags being waved around,” said Yeye. “It seemed to us that these people are hellbent on ignoring the strides our democracy has made, and where our country has gone. Just because they think that way, doesn’t give them the right to make a public spectacle of themselves and our country.

“Look at this Springbok team. These are young men of 23 and 24 and they don’t want to be subjected to memories of the Apartheid system. I would like to say to those people who wave the old flag, these men don’t care about your political beliefs or your ideology. They want to play rugby, whether it be against black, white, brown, pink or whatever colour the opposition is.”

The newspaper said two men waved the old flag at Ralepelle when he entered the international arrivals hall on Tuesday. The hooker told the newspaper he had not seen the flags.

The Johannesburg-based daily also claimed regular Springbok captain John Smit had been sworn at in Afrikaans after he refused to sign an old South African flag before the Springboks’ second match against England at Twickenham on November 25.

Yeye also said that he had spotted a kiosk outside the Walker Stadium in Leicester, where the Springboks played the World XV, that had 20 of the old flags attached to it.

“I instructed the management at the Walker Stadium not to allow the flags in. Our national flag is our heart and soul, and these people are insulting the country and the constitution when they embrace the old flag.”
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Thanks Carla,
I can see this could become a very real point of contention. Writing songs, poetry and now the waving flags. It could be a first step for sure. It is just another way the people express their deepest emotions.
Regards,
JoAn