Mbeki to meet Jake White?
2007-06-10 16:21
Johannesburg - The presidency was on Sunday unable to immediately confirm a planned meeting between President Thabo Mbeki and Springbok coach Jake White.
Spokesperson in the Presidency, Mukoni Ratshitanga said he would be able to check whether the meeting was scheduled on Monday.
He was responding to an SABC report indicating that White had secured a meeting with the president that would take place on Friday.
The report said that White was looking to Mbeki to intervene as pressure mounted on him to resign.
SA Rugby managing director, Jonathan Stones confirmed to the broadcaster that he was aware of the proposed meeting between White and the Presidency.
SA Rugby spokesperson Rayaan Adriaanse, however, was unable to confirm it. He did, however, confirm reports that an investigation would take place into the alleged assault on a tabloid journalist at a Sandton nightspot.
There were reportedly claims that White was somehow involved in the alleged assault.
- SAPA