CSA's Entire Board Steps Down; SASCOC Likely To Install Interim Committee

Cricket South Africa’s [CSA] 10-member Board of Directors have finally given in to the pressure applied by SASCOC and has resigned, thus clearing the decks for an interim administrative structure in the corruption-ridden body as sought by the Olympics committee.

Beresford Williams, interim director, and six other Board of directors offered their resignation on Sunday during a meeting with the Members Council. The remaining four duly resigned on Monday.

”After the Members’ Council had deliberated and resolved that in order to best serve the interest of cricket in South Africa, the entire Board should resign – which they did. All Independent and Non-Independent Directors have now resigned,” CSA said in a statement on Twitter on Monday.

“Following the Members’ Council meeting held yesterday, 25 October 2020, the Members’ Council received and accepted resignations from Board members.” the statement added.

With the entire ‘Board of Directors’ panel out, an interim committee is likely to be installed to take charge of CSA, as suggested by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee [SASCOC]. Bihan Richards will now be the head of CSA. Richards was recently installed in the newly created position of President of the Members council- South Africa’s highest governing body comprising of 14 provincial affiliate presidents- on Sunday.

 

CSA has been alledged of serious misconduct, racism, and financial irregularities

The en-mass resignations come in the wake of several allegations hurled at Cricket South Africa for financial misconduct, racism, and payment issues as calls by the stakeholders including SASCOC started getting louder for the entire board to get disbanded. CSA had refused to disband last week, leading to SASCOC referring the matter to sports minister Nathi Mthethwa.

Mthethwa had then given the board a deadline till 5 PM of October 27 to provide him reasons as to why the government should not intervene.

CSA has long resisted making the independent investigators’ findings into the affairs public and had released just a summary of the report, two months after having received it. Cricket South Africa has now, however, been forced to hand over the full report of 500 pages after the committee of lawmakers in the country demanded to see it. Some parts of the report have been publically revealed, exposing serious misconduct and acts of corruption.

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