AUDIO: WP official banned for four years
Western Province Rugby Union vice-president Gerald Njengele has been suspended for four years, for his racial outburst at the Cape Town leg of the Sevens World Series last year.
WPRU President Thelo Wakefield confirmed the news to @rugby365com that Njengele was slapped with the back for breaking the union's code of ethics.
Wakefield declined to elaborate, saying they regard the matter as 'sub judice', because Njengele is appealing the decision.
Reports of the incident first surfaced after the Cape Town Sevens on the weekend of December 9 and 10 last year.
According to media reports at the time, Njengele launched a scathing verbal and racial attack on Jessie Claassen, who is the national manager of the Vuka Rugby Programme – a South African Rugby Union-affiliated initiative that aims to cater for development in the poorer areas of the country.
Claassen said that the attack stemmed from his decision not to shake Njengele's hand due to a previous altercation between the pair last August.
When this happened, Njengele allegedly responded: "F**k you white people, f**k the coloureds. I'm a clever darkie. I don't need your f*****g money."
Njengele denied he made the comments, but was still found guilty and banned.
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