South Africa: Cricket clubs to crack down on racial abuse

Rising racist abuse among players in club cricket has forced Western Province (WP) cricket chiefs to set out an organised "conciliation" strategy - including a flying squad of mediators for match days. The WP Cricket Association (WPCA) revealed that half the incidents dealt with by its disciplinary committee related to racial or religious harassment and abuse. It blamed much of this on clubs which were still mostly racially divided because of the legacy of apartheid's Group Areas Act.