Statement released by the Minsitry of Sport and Recreation :
According to the statement which suggests that Mtawarira is still ineligible to play for the Boks.
The full statement from the Ministry of Sport and Recreation:
“SUBJECT: MINISTRY OF SPORT & RECREATION COMMENT ON TENDAI MTAWARIRA’s INCLUSION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY TEAM
“1. SA Rugby has requested the Minister of Sport & Recreation SA, Rev Dr Makhenkesi Stofile to intervene in securing South African citizenship for Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira, a Zimbabwean national, who plays professional rugby in South Africa.
“2. This request to have the Minister use his position to have the process of securing permanent residence and subsequently, citizenship expedited ahead of the year end tour in Europe, has exposed our Sport administrators’ clear disrespect or lack of understanding of our laws.
“3. Talented as he is, Tendai, like all foreign nationals plying their trade in South Africa, is bound by the laws of this country. The migration laws of our country are clear on issues relating to permanent residence and citizenship. We expect our sport administrators to understand and respect legislation that regulate their business. None of the athletes, sport codes, or Federations can be bigger than the country.
“4. While Tendai is a live wire on the field of play, the question is whether it is, in the first place, justifiable to say he has scarce skills – the rationale that would have enabled him to obtain the current work permit. If we go the route our Rugby administrators are requesting us to take, and facilitate the fast-racking of Tendai’s citizenship, what would this say to all rugby players in our country? We cannot as a Government Department responsible for sport and recreation in this country, afford to insult our players like this.
“5. The principle here is clear: Only citizens of our country can play for our National team, irrespective of the sport code. Therefore, no foreign national can play for any of our national teams, no matter how outstanding they may be. If any player in any code is to become a South African citizen, this has to be done within the legal framework of our country.
“6. Federations, Provinces and clubs, are more than welcome to approach us for advice on similar issues, instead of trying to slip a player through the legal framework.
“Issued by: Sport and Recreation SA.”
Saru, on Thursday, declined to comment, saying that they stand by their original statement.
“Saru has noted the statement by the Sports Ministry regarding Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira,” the statement said.
“Saru has no further comment on the matter and wish to refer media to our attached statement issued on Saturday, 7 November 2009.”
54@ SAB – My K-densmelk is op…. moenie my ook nou laat kaffee toe jaag nie!
55 – Another time! What time is KO tomorrow your time? I must be back in for that!
Have you done your superBru? I am going to do a Bokke win!
60@ smalpielletjies7.2mm – Naand jou Oranje gevaarte!
ja smal blou trllietjie wat gaan aan da bo in sodom en gomorra
58 No it has to be something precious to you, not discarded items!! 😉
I do have an autographed copy of ‘Monty’, it would have to be a VERY good cause for me to give that up!!
61 gbs
Ek het ‘n blik caramel in die kas gekry. Moer dit smaak lekker!! hehehehe
62@ Karlien – I believe it is 8:30pm SA Time… so 6:30pm your time.
66@ SAB – Jy is van die duiwel gestuur…….. grrrrrr
bokke gaan dit swaar he sonder spies en juan ma scalla behoort darrem sy kant te bring persoonlik hoop ek om wian john en cj saam te sien met bakkies en vic wat hulle lock
63 – GBS Enjoy ‘Boots’ I’m going for provisions now so I don’t miss the action from Tolouse tomorrow night!!
70@ Carol – OK… enjoy!
67 GBS I will never be back in time from the races…..rats, may have to drag my sister away a bit early!!
Kondensmelk is vir mense wat alhergies is vir black label
GBS See you
See you guys……SAB 😳 !!
73@ smalpielletjies7.2mm – Zamalek of enige ander bier maak my vol en opgeblaas voel…
74
Cheers C
@gbs my ok maar ek staan ma sterk na die 7de een worry ek tog nie meer nie.Wat dink jy v/d bok span
Wat, het Rugby Talk nou verander na Recipe Talk ?
Hello everyone. Just a quick hello before Boots comes on.
77@ smallies72 – Die span wat gekies is, is goed… net geworry oor Adi en Kanko.
ek het op sport24 gelees dat c.j terug wil kom sa toe wian cj adriaan en w.p in die cheetah voorry sal kwaai wees
78@ BiDiBiDi – Ja, watse reseppie soek jy?
81: nie as ou rassie dit kan verhoed nie.
@gbs ja ek worry ok oor hulle kanko is die ou as dinge losgetorring is ma jy moet eers sag maak voor dan kan jy losmaak adi sal moet tackle dat hei hel draai
81@ smallies – Ek het gehoor CJ wil kom groot rugby speel, so hy kom Bulle toe… hehehe
82: hoe om die Franse more te wen ?
Just watched a bit of Bok update there. Sure looks very, very wet there and COLD. After the heat of back home.
Okay off to watch Boots now.
Cheers all.
@bdb het ‘n BAIE goeie bron wat se dat cj slegs belang stel om cheetahs toe te gaan en dat hy slegs ander aanbiedinge sal oorweeg as die cheetahs nie belang stel nie
85: wie weet, dalk word nog ‘n bok se droom waar om in daardie blou trui te speel.
86@ BiDiBiDi – Meng so 2 goeie slotte met ‘n scrummie, ‘n loskakel, ‘n linkervleuel en ‘n heelagter… sif deeglik.
Bak met genoeg bal oor ‘n matige hitte tot groen en goud!
Geniet die dis.
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