Swimming SA loses court case against water polo body
The judge added that there was no proof to back up SSA's claim that SAWP was interfering in the running of the sport.
'The evidence to which I have already referred demonstrates that from the outset the respondents have expressed the clear intention to engage with the applicant.
'Furthermore, the respondents set out a number of factual examples of prior attempts by various stakeholders and role players in water polo to engage with the applicant, all apparently to no avail.
'But in any event, the applicant has a suitable alternative remedy. All it has to do is inform the South African water polo community at large that, for so long as it remains the national federation ... national and international competitions fall under its auspices.'
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