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In response to a letter from Acting Chairman Rihan Richards explaining why the council had taken such steps, the acting chairman of the board, Zak Yacoob, acknowledged that the two sides were widely separated in their understanding of their assigned functions.
Former judge of the Constitutional Court, Zak Yacoob. Image: Christa Eybers / EWN.
JOHANNESBURG – The rejected interim board of Cricket SA has responded to the Council of Members after they chose not to appoint them following government intervention.
In late October, Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa appointed a nine-person interim board to run the ship for three months as the organization tried to rebuild after a tumultuous year.
But just 13 days later, the council, which is the organization’s highest decision-making body, rejected the board due to “various unfinished business.”
They accused the temporary structure of “exceeding and ignoring the agreed duties, responsibilities and lines of accountability; and, ultimately, a breakdown in the relationship between the Council of Members and the proposed interim board ”.
Responding to a letter from Acting Chairman Rihan Richards explaining why the council had taken such steps, Chairman Zak Yacoob acknowledged that the two sides were widely separated in their understanding of their assigned roles.
“We begin by saying that our understanding of the position is very different from what is said in the letter which is the understanding of the Council of Members,” he said.
“In fact, we can say from the outset, that the ‘reasons’ communicated to us appear to be selfish, opportunistic, misleading and, if we can say it, very shortsighted when it comes to the interests of cricket in South Africa. worried. We work out our understanding. “
Yacoob then explained that the minister asked the board “to act as an independent interim board to resolve the well-ventilated difficulties that CSA faces over the years and, for the next three months, to try to secure an annual general meeting for purposes of from then on for an independent and spotless board to move CSA forward with integrity. “
In relation to the alleged unhappiness for former CSA CEO Haroon Lorgat, who was recruited to the board, Yacoob explained that to the best of his knowledge, there was an agreement between the minister and the Council of Members on who should be designated exactly.
The Council of Members then “pledged to formalize the appointment so that the interim independent board would have the authority and power to clean up cricket in South Africa.”
Yacoob has also criticized the behavior of the Council of Members saying that, through Richards, they have adopted a strategy to pretend to cooperate in the process, but ensured that every effort was made to obstruct the work.
“It is for this reason and for this reason alone that the interim board has not been appointed,” he says.
Yacoob further adds that the board should not be accountable to the Council of Members in every way.
“Each of these entities has its own powers and responsibilities in terms of the relevant enabling provisions,” he said. “It occurs to us that the real reason is to prevent us from doing our work independently and outside the control of the Council of Members. We refuse to submit to any controls and sacrifice our independence in the performance of our duties and in the interests of cricket.
“The Council of Members must also remember that the executive is accountable to the board if the board has been appointed and not the other way around. We assumed that the Council of Members would act honorably and confirm our appointment. Therefore, we act as the board and gave instructions to the executive. The executive resisted this because they were too used to doing what they wanted to do without any responsibility. Apparently they complained and the Council of Members was somehow, morally wrongly persuaded to take their clubs in the letter under answer, in support of the executive without just cause ”.
Despite obstacles to doing its job, the interim board says it will “continue to act in the public interest to carry out our mandate. We reject any instructions from you as superfluous and will approach the media at our discretion in the public interest. and in the interests of SA Cricket as opposed to the limited interest of any executive member or any other entity “.
The sports minister has yet to respond to the latest developments in the cricket body, while the interim board is expected to hold a press conference on Friday.
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