The Springbok emblem seems set to be cast onto the scrap heap of history as the ANC sets about finding a uniform South African sports symbol, writes E-Brief News.

The issue is to be discussed at Wednesday’s ANC policy conference, party spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama confirmed. ‘We want to harmonise the national symbols of the country. One logo for all sports,’ he said. Ngonyama said the public would also be given a say in the possible name change as the symbol was not the sole preserve of the ANC. ‘There will be no decision, we will discuss it and then we'll throw it back to the public and the branches of the ANC to finalise the matter. ‘We are discussing the national symbols, all of them, including the Springbok and the Protea,’ he said, according to a report on the News24 site. Cedric Frolick, of the Parliamentary Sport Portfolio Committee, told the Volksblad newspaper that a unified sports emblem would build the nation. ‘It has twice been resolved – the last time in 1998 – that the Proteas should be the only sport emblem. The discussion on putting this into effect is now beginning in all seriousness.’
Full report on the News24 site