(CNN)Not everyone has been celebrating in South Africa. While thousands of people across the country partied with the Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks along a four-day, nationwide open-top bus parade, some vocal critics have refused to join in the fun. The loudest dissenting voice is that of Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, the national spokesperson for the far left political party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). “We are unable to join in the fake celebration of the Springbok,” Ndlozi said in a fiery speech in South Africa’s Parliament on November 12. “The Springbok is a sign that cannot be whitewashed. It stands in parallel with ‘Die Stem’ [the national anthem during apartheid] and white supremacy in our society.” READ: Why South Africa’s Rugby World Cup victory means so much more READ: South Africa stuns England to win Rugby World Cup and inspire a nation Read More South Africans of all races celebrated together as the Springboks paraded the Webb Ellis Cup around the country. But not everyone has joined in the fun. A divisive symbol The Springbok, which has been the emblem of South African rugby since 1906, has a tumultuous history. Under the tyrannical National Party which created and maintained a racially segregated…