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By Stuart Hess 
4h ago
JOHANNESBURG – Five former Cricket South Africa employees have accused the organization of lying and being unethical.
In a six-page letter to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, the five: former head of sales and marketing, Clive Eksteen, former COO Nassei Appiah, former CFO Ziyanda Nkuta, former Lundi Procurement Manager Maja and Appiah’s former PA Dalene Nolan claim their firings were “unfair and illegal.”
Eksteen, who was fired in June, is bringing CSA to the CCMA, while Appiah was fired in August. The other three were fired in December of last year.
“Our concern is that Cricket South Africa, through various officials, has misled and continues to mislead Parliament, the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture and the public,” the letter to Sascoc reads. “In doing so, Cricket South Africa has created a narrative that the organization’s problems are the result of irresponsible financial and stakeholder management for which we were suspended and in most cases fired.”
“The organization seeks to paint a picture in which it appears to have addressed the problem with our expulsion and to assure all interested parties that this was done in accordance with the good government, natural justice and law of the land. This could not be further from the truth, as Cricket South Africa has been dishonest in its dealings with us by completely abandoning any ethics that require that a disciplinary hearing be conducted in a manner that is legal, procedurally fair and in the best interest of the organization and the sport. “
Cricket South Africa has been rocked by one crisis followed by another for most of the last two years. Eksteen and Appiah’s problems with their former employer began when they, along with Corrie van Zyl, were suspended in October last year, and CSA alleged their involvement in the failure to properly treat the image rights fees they were supposed to owe. be paid to SA cricketers. Association for the 2018 Mzansi Super League.
While Van Zyl has returned to the organization as a consultant, both Appiah and Eksteen were fired. “We strongly believe that our suspensions and ultimately our unfair and illegal dismissals are interrelated with the entire governance crisis that has affected CSA and should be reviewed or investigated,” add the five.
Cricket SA has endured a painful 2020, following the suspension last December of Thabang Moroe, as CEO, the establishment of a forensic investigation into his handling of CSA affairs, then an explosion of controversy surrounding the transformation. At the same time, poor corporate governance practices have emerged that led to the postponement of the CSA AGM.
The organization has been severely criticized by nationally recruited players, its own provincial affiliates and sponsors have raised concerns about how the organization is run.
In the past two months, CSA has been unable to loosen the grip that resulted from the continued secrecy surrounding the report that resulted from the forensic investigation. The report can only be viewed after an NDA has been signed, something that Sascoc, which claims it should see the report, is unwilling to do.
Towards the end of last week, Sascoc chimed in saying they wanted to appoint a task force to investigate CSA, a decision that CSA is challenging.
The Council of Members of Cricket SA, the 14 provincial union presidents, will attend a two-day workshop this weekend, where it is understood that the availability of the forensic report will be discussed.
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