RAMELA: DIVERSITY IN SA SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL, IT’S LAW

You can almost set your clock by when a racially fuelled flare-up involving transformation will break out in South Africa. And the over-the-top reaction to cricketer Lungi Ngidi’s comment about the Proteas marking the #BlackLivesMatter movement in yesterday’s 3TC charity match was a case in point.

With more division and finger-pointing in the offing in future, SA Cricketers’ Association (Saca) president and Lions batsman Omphile Ramela spoke to City Press about what a sustainable solution to an age-old problem would look like.

ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE #BLACKLIVESMATTER MOVEMENT HAS ENCOUNTERED RESISTANCE IN SA?

In South Africa – not only in cricket, but also in society – the plight of black people has been put in the back, so one