WATCH: ‘Madiba wouldn’t support quotas’

Springbok skipper Siya Kolisi made some waves at the weekend after an interview with a Japanese news outlet Kyodo News saw him air some interesting views on transformation.

The 27-year-old flanker stated that he believed the iconic Nelson Mandela, democratic South Africa’s first president, wouldn’t have supported a quota system.

Instead, Kolisi advocates the so-called grassroots approach, where kids in townships are exposed to the game and nurtured through the system.

He was on a promotional visit to the country.

Here’s what Kolisi said about the issue in full.

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