Nathi Mthethwa. (Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images)
Cricket South Africa s chaos wasn t bred overnight, but through a series of events that led to Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa enforcing section 13 of the Sports Act on CSA.
At the 17 April Special General Meeting, the members council vetoed amendments to the MOI that would have allowed a majority independent board to be elected.
How did it come to this? The timeline below details events that led to CSA teetering on the de-recognition precipice.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) didn t implode overnight, nor was Sports minister
Nathi Mthethwa s decision to enforce section 13 of the National Sports and Recreation Act a hasty decision.
(Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams)
With Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa having taken steps to enforce section 13 (5) of the Sports Act, Cricket SA stands at the precipice that is of the members council s doing.
When the members council could not arrive at the 75 percent that was needed for the facilitation of a majority independent board, Mthethwa s hand was forced.
CSA now stands on the brink of being de-recognised as a federation, which means they ll lose their place at the ICC table.
And so, Cricket South Africa has finally arrived at the horrible destination they so wished to avoid, that of having their national colours and recognition stripped by Sports, Arts, and Culture minister Nathi Mthethwa.