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Thabang Moroe and Chris Nenzai presided over a chaotic period for Cricket South Africa as CEO and President respectively.
- Cricket South Africa has released the long-awaited full Fundudzi report, as promised on Wednesday.
- CSA’s new interim board had indicated that they intended to publish the full contents of the report.
- The full report also delved into the highly publicized ban on five sports journalists, whose accreditation was revoked last year.
As promised, Cricket South Africa (CSA) released Fundudzi Forensic Services’ full report on cricket affairs from 2016 to last year.
The 457-page report had previously been veiled, with some administrators, Minister of Sports Nathi Mthethwa and members of parliament allowed its contents to be viewed, except that they had to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
However, CSA’s newly appointed interim board stated shortly after its announcement in October that they were considering publishing the full report. A summary report, compiled by Bowmans attorneys, was released in early October.
The scope of Fundudzi’s investigation touched seven main research points, namely:
- Determine if the management and board of directors adhered to the governance framework;
- Determine if there were effective internal controls to prevent or detect material errors and other irregularities;
- Determine whether key subcommittees reasonably relied on management information and applied reasonable levels of professional skepticism to such information before recommending such proposals for approval by the Board;
- Determine if there was integrity and adherence to key Policies (such as the Acquisition Policy, Employee Expense Claims, Fraud Prevention Policy, Cell Phone Policy, etc.);
- Determine the integrity and correctness of the management reports during the last twelve (12) months;
- Determine if CSA funds were used for their intended purposes;
- Determine if decisions were made in the interest of CSA;
Then, Fundudzi was tasked with submitting its factual findings to CSA in the manner that was done in the full 457-page report.
Within the investigation, CSA commissioned Fundudzi to accelerate its investigation into the conduct of the former CSA executive director. Rejoice Moroe – who was fired in August after a nine-month suspension since December last year.
Fundudzi submitted a “preliminary report,” the purpose of which was “to provide feedback to CSA specifically on the allegations against Moroe,” according to the full report.
The full report also delved into the highly publicized ban on five sports journalists, namely Firdose Moonda, Ken Borland, Neil Manthorp, Stuart Hess and Telford Vice, whose accreditation was revoked on November 25, 2019 during the Mzansi Super League tournament. (MSL). they were supposed to cover.
Fundudzi also examined Moroe’s proposed national cricket restructuring program, expenses related to credit cards, exercise of intervention rights in affiliated unions (Western and Northwest Province), as well as effective internal controls.
Rejoice Moroe
The former CEO is mentioned more than 600 times in the full report, and many findings hold him accountable for failures in government, including the improper appointments of human resources consultant Chantel Moon as head of CSA’s human resources department, following the restructuring. from former HR manager Musa Gubevu to the transformation department.
Other irregular appointments under Moroe’s supervision include that of the government and stakeholder relations consulting firm Tinanati-Management and Consulting, owned by ANC member Unathi Tshotwana.
The appointment was said to be worth 30 million rand every two years, however, Fundudzi discovered “no indication of how CSA considered whether Tinanati had fulfilled its obligations. “
Fundudzi also recommended that disciplinary measures be instituted against Moroe for “Failing to guarantee that the procurement processes were followed in the appointment of (security company) NSA Vulindlela.”
NSA Vulindlela reportedly received a R6.8 million contract for security services from September 1, 2019 to August 23, 2023 without the prerequisite bidding process for the contract for related amounts.
Moroe was not interviewed by the Fundudzi investigators and has since sought legal recourse.
Download the full report here.
This is a story in development.
