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Cape Town - Cricket South Africa is poised to approve the sole nomination for the new president of the Eastern Province Cricket Board.
However, the nomination in question is that of previously convicted fraudster, Rajan Moodaley.
The position was left vacant by Donovan May, who resigned a few weeks ago amidst concern over the election of new board members, of which the majority have allegiances to Moodaley, who currently controls the Nelson Mandela Bay Cricket Board, which is the most powerful cricket board within the EPCB.
According to TimesLIVE website, Moodaley was convicted of swindling almost R80 000 in 2004 and was sentenced to a R30 000 fine or two years in prison. He was also suspended from the EPCB in 2002 for fraudulent activity totalling R4 800.
If CSA approve Moodaley’s nomination, he will automatically become a member of the CSA board.
It has also emerged that Moodaley and his board unanimously back the much scrutinized CSA CEO, Gerald Majola.
CSA’s spokesperson, Michael Owen-Smith, confirmed that a decision will be made this weekend.
"The nominations committee did meet on Saturday. All the names on the nominations list will be considered, but we will not be commenting on any of the names until the list has been approved or who may or may not be nominated," Owen-Smith told TimesLIVE.
CSA head of nominations, Ray Mali, had no obligations to Moodaley’s nomination even if he is a convicted fraudster, citing cricketing reasons for the motivation behind their imminent decision.
"Approving nominations is based solely on the cricket knowledge and contribution made by the nominees - nothing else.
"Moodaley has served the game well. If he is nominated and he wins naturally at election time, then there is nothing wrong - anything else outside of cricket should not matter.”
Meanwhile, Moodaley does not believe that his conviction will have any influence on CSA’s decision.
"I have been nominated and it is the nominations committee who will determine whether I meet the criteria or not. If my nomination is declined then that is a decision I will have to accept, and move on.”
The election for the new EPCB president will take place on October 21.
However, the nomination in question is that of previously convicted fraudster, Rajan Moodaley.
The position was left vacant by Donovan May, who resigned a few weeks ago amidst concern over the election of new board members, of which the majority have allegiances to Moodaley, who currently controls the Nelson Mandela Bay Cricket Board, which is the most powerful cricket board within the EPCB.
According to TimesLIVE website, Moodaley was convicted of swindling almost R80 000 in 2004 and was sentenced to a R30 000 fine or two years in prison. He was also suspended from the EPCB in 2002 for fraudulent activity totalling R4 800.
If CSA approve Moodaley’s nomination, he will automatically become a member of the CSA board.
It has also emerged that Moodaley and his board unanimously back the much scrutinized CSA CEO, Gerald Majola.
CSA’s spokesperson, Michael Owen-Smith, confirmed that a decision will be made this weekend.
"The nominations committee did meet on Saturday. All the names on the nominations list will be considered, but we will not be commenting on any of the names until the list has been approved or who may or may not be nominated," Owen-Smith told TimesLIVE.
CSA head of nominations, Ray Mali, had no obligations to Moodaley’s nomination even if he is a convicted fraudster, citing cricketing reasons for the motivation behind their imminent decision.
"Approving nominations is based solely on the cricket knowledge and contribution made by the nominees - nothing else.
"Moodaley has served the game well. If he is nominated and he wins naturally at election time, then there is nothing wrong - anything else outside of cricket should not matter.”
Meanwhile, Moodaley does not believe that his conviction will have any influence on CSA’s decision.
"I have been nominated and it is the nominations committee who will determine whether I meet the criteria or not. If my nomination is declined then that is a decision I will have to accept, and move on.”
The election for the new EPCB president will take place on October 21.
