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.
Cricket South Africa Members Council and Interim Board finally reach an agreement
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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.
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CSA s operational staff have written to sports minister Nathi Mthethwa, pleading with him to reconsider the department s intention to derecognise the organisation as the official local governing body.
In the letter, personnel note that stripping CSA of its status would destroy livelihoods and bring the local game s activities to a halt.
Their overriding wish is for the interim board, members council and Mthethwa to continue negotiating on the controversial new Memorandum of Incorporation.
Embattled Cricket South Africa s (CSA) operational staff have put up a united front in launching a written plea to Sports, Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthethwa to reconsider his decision to strip the federation as the official local governing body for cricket in the country, stating it will destroy livelihoods.
Grave confident South Africa tour of West Indies still on
Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave -
CRICKET West Indies (CWI) CEO Johnny Grave said plans are still in place to host South Africa despite Cricket South Africa (CSA) facing an intervention from South Africa’s sport minister Nathi Mthethwa which may affect the tour.
A cricinfo article on Sunday said, “Cricket South Africa (CSA) will face intervention from the country s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa after failing to agree on a Memorandum of Incorporation that will set out the blueprint for a majority independent board. Mthethwa will use the National Sports and Recreation Act to step in, which gives him the right to – amongst other things – withdraw funding and no longer officially recognise CSA as the governing body of cricket.”
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