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PODCAST | Cricket SA struggles to defend compulsory take the knee policy

CSA’s Lawson Naidoo admits to Eusebius McKaiser that the directive was taken without consulting Proteas players

The Cricket SA board has ordered that all Proteas team members take the knee for their upcoming matches.
The Cricket SA board has ordered that all Proteas team members take the knee for their upcoming matches. (Laszlo Geczo/INPHO/Shutterstock)
Eusebius McKaiser hosts a weekly podcast that journeys to the heart of major news items, dissecting politics, law and ethics.
Eusebius McKaiser hosts a weekly podcast that journeys to the heart of major news items, dissecting politics, law and ethics. (Supplied)

In this episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, CSA’s Lawson Naidoo joins the platform to explain its decision that it is compulsory for the Proteas to take a knee before their matches in a show of antiracism solidarity.

McKaiser challenges Naidoo to explain what value such symbolism has if it is not voluntary. Naidoo concedes that the moral and political value of symbolism is diminished when it is mandatory.

Naidoo also confirms that this new policy directive was taken without consulting the players.

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