Graeme Raubenheimer 

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will look into a decision by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) to have a Chinese company sponsor the Olympic kit, he said on Wednesday.

The committee has come under fire from Proudly SA for signing a five-year sponsorship deal with Chinese company Erke.

The agreement is worth US$4 million but SASCOC said no local company was prepared to foot the bill.

Mbalula said they wanted to support Proudly SA.

“We would like to promote Proudly SA goods and in this particular instance I haven’t spoken to SASCOC. We’ll get to grips with that.”

(Edited by Clare Matthes)