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Cosatu threatens to protest at Springbok games

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On Wednesday night, Cosatu hosted a 'Springbok supporters for transformation' meeting in Cape Town, attended by various rugby clubs and 'experts on sport transformation'. For Bok coach Peter de Villiers was the guest speaker. Watch.

In this video, Cosatu's Western Cape provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich reads out their 'Declaration from the Springbok Supporters for Transformation'. Here Cosatu laid out a number of steps they are threatening to take if coach Heyneke Meyer fails to choose a more representative squad for the 2015 World Cup.

The Springbok World Cup squad is scheduled to be announced at 18h00 on Friday.

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