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Beresford Williams (Rooster)
- Cricket South Africa has rejected Sascoc’s instruction to sideline the board and executive leadership.
- CSA issued a statement at 01:00 on Friday, confirming that it did not agree with the resolutions reached by Sascoc president Aleck Skhosana.
- CSA is seeking legal advice on how to move forward, while the role of the ICC is a major concern.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) He says he “disagrees” with the instruction of the South African Sports Confederation and the Olympic Committee (Sascoc) that the entire board and executive leadership be bypassed.
In what is the most potentially damaging development to shake CSA since December last year, Sascoc released a letter on Thursday signed by Acting Chairman Aleck Skhosana, leading CSA’s board and senior management, including Acting CEO Kugandrie. Govender, be “outcast”. .
Sascoc, citing the administrative issues that have manifested at CSA over the past 10 months, said it would implement a task force that would seek to engage with the CSA board and member council in an effort to restore cricket’s health.
“The Sascoc board further resolved that to facilitate the work of the task force, the CSA board and the senior executives who serve ex-officio on the board (the company secretary, the interim chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and the director of operations) are directed to sideline the CSA administration with full payment pending the outcome of the task force investigations, “read a letter from Sascoc acting president Aleck Skhosana.
One concern, obviously, is that Sascoc has been mired in its own well-documented administrative troubles for years and that hardly inspires confidence that CSA will now be in safer hands.
However, the main concern is that government intervention through Sascoc could be seen as problematic by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and, in the worst case, that could result in CSA being excluded from major events. ICC and the Future Tours Program (FTP).
The ICC constitution prohibits government interference in its member associations.
It makes the next few hours, days and weeks critical for CSA, and the organization released a statement at 1:00 AM on Friday morning acknowledging receipt of Sascoc’s letter, but rejecting the direction to sideline management.
“CSA, including its Council of Members, does not agree with the resolution taken by Sascoc and has not had the opportunity to interact with Sascoc on various issues raised in the communication,” the statement read.
“In addition, CSA is receiving legal advice on the basis of which Sascoc has sought to intervene in CSA’s business affairs. However, CSA is committed to working further with Sascoc to understand its position and find common ground with it in the best interests of cricket.
“The Council of Members and the Directors of the CSA Board will hold a joint workshop this weekend to discuss critical issues.”
Another hot topic remains Fundudzi’s forensic report, which Sascoc says he has yet to see.
The report was used to fire former CEO Thabang Moroe, initially suspended in December 2019, from the organization last month, but its content has not been released since.
