South Africa: Probe into rugby racism due soon

An inquiry into racism in South African rugby will be set up by the end of February, sports minister Ngconde Balfour said. Late last year the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) cancelled a commission that was to have begun an inquiry into alleged racism in Springbok rugby. This was after reports that a white player had refused to share a room with a mixed race team-mate. Balfour said SARFU had asked the sports ministry to conduct the inquiry into the sport nationally.