The many sides of South Africa's political brawl

Season 8, Ep 16: Amidst ongoing fighting that predates the virus crisis, South African cricket writer Telford Vice joins the show to explain the conflict in South African cricket. A long investigation into the suspended CEO will soon have a result while a carload of high-ranking staff have been sacked. The divisions are deep but as ever, it's complicated. Meanwhile Covid continues to confuse matters in Australia, and England's men prepare to take on the West Indies in the first Tests since lockdown, in which West Indies players will bring the Black Lives Matter discussion to the centre of the ground.  Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:   6.51 – Abhilash Singh  2.68 – Sarah Berman & Glenn Wilcox  2.75 – Mark Stein  2.86 – Alemelu  3.00 – David Jones   Guess away. Our answers are in the episode.  Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword       Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com   Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au  Call in from around the world with your ZOLEO with SatPhoneShop.com    The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on the Bad Producer Network  Title track by Urthboy  Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices