Chaos erupts outside SARU House

Cape Town - A group of protesters caused chaos outside SARU House in Cape Town on Wednesday calling for speedier transformation.

According to Netwerk24, police were forced to throw stun grenades after around 100 members of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) burst through the entrance to the building.

Protesters had arrived in Plattekloof from 08:00.

Carrying placards with phrases such as "Cricket, netball and tennis are next" and "White supremacy must fall", the ANCYL had a memorandum of demands accepted by a SA Rugby representative at around 12:00, after which protests subsided. 

South African sports minister Fikile Mbalula last month banned the federations in charge of cricket, rugby, netball and athletics in the country from hosting major international events due to them all not meeting their transformation targets following the release of the Imminent Persons Group (IPG) report.

While the protest had been scheduled some 48 hours ago, those unhappy with the speed of transformation couldn't have been impressed by yesterday's confirmation that only five of the 28-man Junior Springboks Under-20 Championship squad were black.

Police threw a stunt grenade between ANC Youth League members after they entered a complex where #SARU's HQ is. pic.twitter.com/uME6nPpFlB

— Percivale Young (@Percyoung) May 11, 2016 

#Transformation #SASport At 13:00 #ANCYL is expected to hand over a memorandum to #SARU representatives @ANN7tv pic.twitter.com/eeWdO3oYYR

— KevinJohnBrandt (@BrandtKev) May 11, 2016

ANCYL picketing outside SARU offices to express demands for speedy and greater transformation in sports @ANN7tv pic.twitter.com/4GgWGrsgrs

— KevinJohnBrandt (@BrandtKev) May 11, 2016

ANCYL SG, Njabulo Nzuza, says this is the 1st of many pickets that will be staged to secure transformation @ANN7tv pic.twitter.com/rXMniVP3iG

— KevinJohnBrandt (@BrandtKev) May 11, 2016

The ANC Youth League say they will "disrupt" all #SARU's major events if they don't fast track transformation. pic.twitter.com/msetlrA6Wf

— Percivale Young (@Percyoung) May 11, 2016