{"id":11167,"date":"2012-06-06T22:57:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/hockey-britain-apologise-to-south-africa-for-apartheid-anthem\/"},"modified":"2012-06-06T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:57:12","slug":"hockey-britain-apologise-to-south-africa-for-apartheid-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/hockey-britain-apologise-to-south-africa-for-apartheid-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey-Britain apologise to South Africa for apartheid anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON, June 6<\/span> (Reuters) – British hockey officials
\napologised to South Africa’s women’s team on Wednesday for
\nmistakenly playing the apartheid era anthem ‘Die Stem’ at a
\ntournament ahead of next month’s Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Great Britain hockey published a “full and unreserved
\napology” on its website (www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk) for the
\ngaffe before a match against the host nation at the London Cup
\non Tuesday.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The error was made by a contractor responsible for sports
\npresentation at the event,” it said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Standard procedure would be to check anthems to be played
\nwith visiting teams in advance, however, on this occasion that
\ndid not happen and Great Britain Hockey accepts full
\nresponsibility.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Great Britain Hockey and its contractor appreciate the
\nsensitive nature of this unfortunate mistake and we apologise
\nunreservedly for the offence caused.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South African Hockey Association chief executive Marissa
\nLangeni had written to the competition manager to demand an
\nassurance that it would not happen again.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“As a country we watched with disbelief as our team stood
\nthrough what clearly was a most embarrassing and uncomfortable
\nexperience,” said Langeni.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Britain, without several key players, were beaten 3-1 by
\nSouth Africa. The tournament is their last before next month’s
\nLondon Games.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by John Mehaffey)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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