The team became a symbol of racial division within South Africa, and following the first open elections in 1994, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) instituted a policy of transformation in South African sport.
O equipo converterase nun símbolo de división racial neste Estado, mais despois das primeiras eleccións abertas de 1994, o partido gobernante Congreso Nacional Africano (ANC) instituíu a política de cambio no deporte surafricano.