South African Schools Athletics (Sasa) will deliberate further on the contentious schools quota policy at its special council meeting in May, the body’s president, William Mokatsanyane, told City Press last week, by DanieMothowagae
at its special council meeting in May, the body’s president, William Mokatsanyane, told City Press last week.
Mokatsanyane insisted that Sasa’s decision to denounce the quota requirement was not influenced by the backlash, but the about-turn was informed by the “misinterpretation” of the policy, which was why “we withdrew those memos”. Mokatsanyane said the topic had “attracted more debate than ever before”.The memos required that “a minimum of 40% from previously disadvantaged communities for all Sasa teams, on all levels of competition, must be implemented to reflect the demographics of South Africa”.
For primary schools, the required maximum was two; the emphasis was placed on at least one athlete per event being from the previously disadvantaged community. The national primary schools championships run from Thursday to Saturday; the high school competition is set for March 21 to 23. Both events will be staged at the Germiston Stadium.
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