JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African legislator says he won't wear the national Springboks jersey during the Rugby World Cup because the garments were made in China at the expense of the African nation's suffering textile and clothing industry.
The South African Rugby Union issued a statement saying "a significant percentage" of supporter jerseys are made in South Africa and that it was "firmly committed to increasing the local manufacturing component" of such products. It gave no precise figures.
The news reignited anger about outsourcing of such symbols at a time the country is promoting "Proudly South African" products and dozens of factories are threatened with …
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