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The embattled Cricket South Africa (CSA) interim president Beresford Williams eventually fell on his sword and resigned from office, ending a three-month stint in which he stood firm in his seat despite mounting criticism.
Williams is one of four non-independent board members who have tendered their resignations ahead of Sunday’s council of members meeting.
The others are Donovan May from the Eastern Province, John Mogodi from Limpopo Cricket, Tebogo Siko from Northerns Cricket Union and Angelo Carolissen from Boland.
There is only one non-independent in Free State’s Zola Thamae whose resignation has not been confirmed by TimesLIVE.
He is also expected to resign at the end of the day, from where CSA will officially inform the South African Sports Confederation and the Olympic Committee (Sascoc) regarding Sunday’s resignations.
TimesLIVE understands that CSA will inform Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa that it is willing to agree to the creation of an interim governance structure.
CSA has until Tuesday to give Mthethwa written representations of why it should not intervene in its affairs.
This structure will be made up of four current independent members of the board, a representative appointed by the minister, one by Sascoc and the other by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
CSA will also propose that a former national team cricketer in good standing serve on the board pending approval from the South African Cricketers Association (Saca).
Essentially, the people who will be part of the interim governance structure would not have been involved in CSA in the last four years.
Furthermore, they should not have participated in the Fundudzi-led forensic investigation that is at the center of the CSA mess.
TimesLIVE also understands that the interim structure will be installed as soon as possible after all legal boxes have been checked and every effort will be made to ensure it is in compliance with the organization’s MOI.
An insider said the organization will do everything possible to renew itself to improve the game.
“Our position is that the proposal to the minister clearly shows our commitment to cooperate with his office and to lift cricket out of this dark period it is in,” the source said.
“It is important that in the future‚ we earn the trust of the minister.
“We are prepared to ensure that the recommendations of the Nicholson report are implemented.
“It is also important that we review the MOI in order to ensure that the CSA board is independent from the CSA member council.”
The resignations are in line with a resolution from the board meeting taken Wednesday where the resignations of the six non-independents were discussed and brought to the council of members on Thursday for deliberation.
After the meetings, speculation regarding the resignations abounded to the point where CSA issued a press release late Friday denying there were any resignations, nor did the council of members reach a decision.
This was in response to independent board member Dheven Dharmalingam who offered to resign, and his letter was widely published.
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