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SABC News reports that the Board of the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has suspended a member who faces allegations of posting a racist message in a WhatsApp group.
The decision followed a special meeting the Board held on Friday. Earlier last week, Ann Ashworth, the CMA’s race and operations manager and 2018 winner of the Comrades announced that she had been fired by the Board. Ashworth was appointed in the position last November. In a statement, CMA Chairperson Mqondisi Ngcobo pointed out that the so-called ‘vanillagate’ saga, which involved the now-suspended Board member, had no bearing on Ashworth’s departure. Vanillagate is in reference to a post in a WhatsApp group by the suspended Board member accusing Ashworth of bringing in more “whites” to the CMA.
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