A race controversy has rocked the Western Province Rugby Union. Vice president of the Union, Gerald Njengele is in hot water after allegedly being involved in a racial conflict last week.
The incident took place at the Cape Town Sevens on the weekend of December the 9th and 10th.
Njengele is accused of launching a verbal attack on Jessie Claasen, who is the national manager of the Vuka Rugby Programme – a SA Rugby affiliated initiative that caters for rugby development in the country.
Claassen says that Njengele told him, “F** you white people, F*** the coloureds. I’m a clever darkie. I don’t need your f*** money.”
Njengele has denied that he has made those comments.
However, former Springbok hooker Dale Santon says he and other Western Province Rugby Union officials witnessed the incident.
The Union’s president, Thelo Wakefield says the matter is subjudice and that an investigation will commence on Friday.
