Ngati Mthethwa threatened to intervene if CSA fails to adopt a Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that promotes good governance
firdose moonda
South African Sports Minister Nati Mthethwa has issued a second ultimatum to CSA's membership council in six months, saying he will intervene if CSA fails to adopt a Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that promotes good governance in cricket. Threatened me.
Mr Mthethwa's action comes after the CSA's highest decision-making body, the Members' Council, which is made up of 14 state heads, last week rejected the interim board's proposal for a majority independent board and agreed to an acceptable MOI. This was done after it became impossible to formulate a plan. Mr Mthethwa met with member councils and the interim board on Tuesday evening, giving member councils until April 6 to reach an agreement with the interim board or face ministerial measures to support the country's cricketers. I gave it to the society.
“It is important that we do not allow the board battles to take precedence over the welfare of the players. I am daring to take administrative action. In my opinion, the court of public opinion will lead to unnecessary delays. “It's clear that there is no appetite for self-defense or own goals, especially when it comes to matches,” Mthethwa said.
According to South Africa's National Sports and Recreation Act, Mthethwa has the power to intervene in “any dispute, allegation of mismanagement or other related matter that may bring the sport into disrepute”. He could deprive CSA of funding and stop recognizing it as a national federation.
The threat has been hanging over CSA since October last year, when Mr Mthethwa informed the ICC that it might be required to intervene after months of mismanagement. Shortly after, the Members' Council agreed to approve the interim board imposed by Mthethwa. They were tasked with pulling South African cricket out of a number of turmoil, from the financial crisis to disciplinary proceedings involving several senior staff.
The interim board was initially given three months to work, which has since been extended for a further three months and is expected to end in mid-April. CSA's general meeting of shareholders, postponed from last September, is scheduled to be held on April 17, by which time an MOI should be ready to be adopted, setting out the framework for a new, largely independent board.
Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo's South Africa correspondent
