Bid to stop Springboks leaving South Africa for World Cup fails in high court

• Agency for New Agenda party loses legal battle• Judge calls for more debate on transformationAn attempt to prevent the Springboks from leaving South Africa to compete in the Rugby World Cup has been abandoned in the high court.A fringe party, the Agency for New Agenda, had sought a court order that would have forced players and officials to surrender their passports, preventing them from flying to London on the grounds that the government’s policy on transformation has not been met with the Springboks’ squad, which was announced last Friday, being mainly white. Continue reading...