No way back for Ashwin Willemse at SuperSport

The channel confirmed on Thursday that Willemse’s contract has expired.

SuperSport said in a statement that Willemse would not be back on the air.

In May, Willemse caused a storm when he walked off the set during a live broadcast, accusing fellow analysts Nick Mallet and Naas Botha of undermining him.

SuperSport instituted an investigation into the allegation and found that racism played no part in the walk-out. 

That prompted Willemse to approach the Equality Court to ask the court to probe the events leading up to the incident.

So far SuperSport has not heard from the Equality Court, the organisation said in the statement.

 "We are in communication with the SA Human Rights Commission. We referred Advocate Maleka SC’s report to the Commission, in accordance with one of his recommendations following his independent review of the matter."