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Transformation triumph | Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and wing Makazole Mapimpi during the East London leg of the World Cup victory trophy tour.
Transformation triumph | Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and wing Makazole Mapimpi during the East London leg of the World Cup victory trophy tour.
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The one championed the strength of diversity, while the other weaponised race to bully and intimidate her colleagues, writes Adriaan Basson.

In 1994, South Africa was a thoroughly untransformed country, run by a white minority government, who created a little paradise for their own while the black majority had to languish in poverty, poor education and crime. Fact.

South Africa needed transformation at all levels of society – from the state and business down through sporting associations, universities, schools and churches. It was unthinkable that the country could progress with the same white appointees heading these institutions.

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