View from South Africa: golden cup or more division for the Rainbow Nation?

Not too many people are talking up the Springboks’ chances of winning the Rugby World Cup, with the All Blacks waiting in the semi-finals, and opinion is divided about wing Bryan Habana’s hopes of the team uniting the nationThis has been a difficult World Cup for the Springboks, both on and off the field. Even before the tournament started, preparations were disrupted by a major debate over the team’s racial composition, with one minor political party even taking legal action to prevent the South African rugby team from leaving for England. The court threw out the suit but many politicians and…