Mr Cannon appeared before an independent judicial committee over the course of 14 months on six charges relating to a speech he made in February 2022 during which he variously described SARU as being a racist organisation; its leadership as “selling-out” SARU; and that the Springbok was a racist emblem. The comments were subsequently published in social media and mainstream media.
The three-person Judicial Committee ruled that Mr Cannon had clearly contravened the SARU Constitution and the SARU Code of Conduct with the intent to bring SARU into disrepute and was found guilty on those charges.
Mr Cannon has 15 days in which to appeal the sentence, should he wish.
