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Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has taken a tough stance on transformation. Picture: Charle Lombard / Gallo Images
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has taken a tough stance on transformation. Picture: Charle Lombard / Gallo Images

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula was his old swashbuckling self, breathing fire and brimstone, as he threatened to take even more serious steps against sports federations that failed to tow the transformation line.

“Those who are intransigent and do not implement the recommendations and meet their targets will feel the full might of the department as we will unleash our entire arsenal, which can even lead to a federation losing its membership as well as national colours,” he told City Press.

A confident Razzmatazz was not fazed by the heavy criticism levelled against him since releasing the 2014/15 Eminent Persons Group (EPG) Transformation Status Report on Monday.

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