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CENTRE OF THE STORM: Esterhuizen captaincy furore shows South Africa needs honesty about race and rugby’s past

CENTRE OF THE STORM: Esterhuizen captaincy furore shows South Africa needs honesty about race and rugby’s past — photograph supplied by Daily Maverick

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Some of the public backlash and outcry that surrounded Springbok centre André Esterhuizen becoming the team’s latest captain, after he was accused of using a racial slur 14 years ago, demonstrate that South Africa still has some work to do before it truly becomes a ‘rainbow nation’.

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