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Following the resignation of the remainder of Cricket South Africa’s board of directors on Monday morning, the Council of Members will now focus its efforts on establishing an interim board comprised of individuals capable of leading the federation to its AGM on December 5 and also formulate a new Memorandum. of Constitution for the election of directors.
The remaining three independent directors and the last non-independent director, Free State Chairman Zola Thamae, stepped down Monday morning, following the weekend resignations of five of the non-independent directors on the board.
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Without a board now in place, the 14-member Council of Members is currently in charge of CSA and its first order of business is to establish an interim board, none of which will be a director for the past four years and none of which will. will be. eligible for the new permanent Board once in place.
The Members Council will present their plans to Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa later on Monday before their scheduled meeting with him on Tuesday, and will also consult with Sascoc on the composition of the interim board.
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While ensuring that independent directors have a majority on the board is one of the main recommendations of the Nicholson Commission, a big focus of the Council of Members will be to ensure that these independents are fit to serve cricket, because they have been disappointed in the contribution level. carried out by independent directors in recent years.
“Everyone on the board has left and now we will move forward with our interim meeting plan. We want to send a response to the Minister before our meeting on Tuesday. We have opened communication with Sascoc, but we have to nominate people who will add value to cricket, we have to protect ourselves from people who are not going to help CSA.
“We want that interim board to be as clean as possible and you cannot serve on that body and then be a member of the board because that would be a conflict of interest and we don’t want people to be persuaded to do things that are not for their benefit. of the game. Knowledge of cricket will be key and the biggest question we face is whether we want totally independent figures or cricket people, ”said a provincial president who is part of the Council of Members. The citizen Monday.
The manager confirmed they were trying to convince a recently retired high-level Proteas player to trade his targets for a draw and sit on that interim board.
Much of the blame for CSA’s mess may fall on the shoulders of former independent directors, on whom the Board relies for expert governance advice, who failed to ensure that those running the organization stayed on track.
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