SOUTH AFRICA: WHITE RUGBY BOSS LOUIS LUYT SAY'S HE WILL DEFY A BLACK-LED DEMAND FOR HIS RESIGNATION

Record ID: 988342

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: WHITE RUGBY BOSS LOUIS LUYT SAY'S HE WILL DEFY A BLACK-LED DEMAND FOR HIS RESIGNATION
  • Date: 7th May 1998
  • Summary: PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (MARCH 20, 1998)(SABC) 1. EXTERIOR PRETORIA HIGH COURT 2. PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ARRIVING INSIDE COURT ROOM 3. LOUIS LUYT, SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION (SARFU) PRESIDENT, STANDING IN COURT ROOM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (MAY 7, 1998)(SABC) 4. WIDE INTERIOR BUSINESS BREAKFAST MEETING 5. LOUIS LUYT APPROACHING PODIUM 6. LUYT SPEAKING: "THIS COMMISSION WAS NOT ABOUT SARFU, THIS COMMISSION WAS ABOUT LOUIS LUYT, THIS COMMISSION WAS ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO'SE IN THE WAY. AND I INTEND TO REMAIN IN THE WAY FOR A LONG TIME, WHETHER IN RUGBY OR OUT OF IT. I HOPE I HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE SCENE WHEN I WANT TO AND ON MY TERMS. AND LET POSTERITY REMEMBER ME RATHER FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE, THAN FOR WHAT I HAVE NOT DONE. NO MAN IS MY MASTER. AND I BOW TO NO MAN, ONLY TO GOD. MY RESOLVE HAS NOT CHANGED." 7. VARIOUS CUTAWAYS OF AUDIENCE 8. LUYT SHAKING HANDS 9. DAN RETIEF, SPORTS JOURNALIST, SAYING: "I NOTICED FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, THAT BLACK PEOPLE WERE QUITE DISAPPOINTED AT HIS STANCE, AND WHITE PEOPLE SEEMED QUITE HYPED UP AT THIS STANCE. SO YES, THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE SPLIT AND THE TWO POLES ARE AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT THE GREEN AND GOLD AND THE SPRINGBOK. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER LOUIS LUYT CAN STAND UP TO MANDELA AND FACE HIM DOWN." JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (MAY 7, 1998) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) 10. VARIOUS OF ELLIS PARK STADIUM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
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  • Country: South Africa
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