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Johannesburg - Free State cricket's president Leon Crawley has been mandated to vote in favour of the motion to oust Cricket South Africa's (CSA) president Mtutuzeli Nyoka.
CSA's members' forum is to meet on October 15 on the issue.
The CSA said on Wednesday the Free State Cricket Union, one of 11 voting members of the forum, made the decision after a routine board meeting in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
Nyoka and CSA board member Ray Mali attended the meeting as guests and each made a presentation to the Free State board.
Nyoka put across his own point of view, while Mali represented the CSA board, which has tabled a motion of no-confidence against Nyoka.
Neither was present during the other party's presentation.
Nyoka and Mali then left the meeting.
After lengthy discussion, the Free State board gave Crawley the mandate to support a no-confidence motion in Nyoka.
The decision to get rid of Nyoka is the result of an ongoing battle between CSA's board and its president, dating back to 2009.
Nyoka queried unofficial bonuses paid to chief executive Gerald Majola and 40 CSA staff members after the hosting of the 2009 Indian Premier League and the ICC Champions Trophy.
The bonuses only came to light after CSA's remuneration committee unwittingly rewarded the same staff handsomely for the same work.
Nyoka was ousted in February after his refusal to let the matter rest. A court order saw him reinstated and recommended an external audit be carried out into the affair.
The investigation, conducted by KPMG, found Majola may have breached the Companies' Act in four instances.
To date, Majola has received nothing more than a reprimand from CSA's board, while Nyoka has continued to argue for sterner action to be taken.
CSA's members' forum is to meet on October 15 on the issue.
The CSA said on Wednesday the Free State Cricket Union, one of 11 voting members of the forum, made the decision after a routine board meeting in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
Nyoka and CSA board member Ray Mali attended the meeting as guests and each made a presentation to the Free State board.
Nyoka put across his own point of view, while Mali represented the CSA board, which has tabled a motion of no-confidence against Nyoka.
Neither was present during the other party's presentation.
Nyoka and Mali then left the meeting.
After lengthy discussion, the Free State board gave Crawley the mandate to support a no-confidence motion in Nyoka.
The decision to get rid of Nyoka is the result of an ongoing battle between CSA's board and its president, dating back to 2009.
Nyoka queried unofficial bonuses paid to chief executive Gerald Majola and 40 CSA staff members after the hosting of the 2009 Indian Premier League and the ICC Champions Trophy.
The bonuses only came to light after CSA's remuneration committee unwittingly rewarded the same staff handsomely for the same work.
Nyoka was ousted in February after his refusal to let the matter rest. A court order saw him reinstated and recommended an external audit be carried out into the affair.
The investigation, conducted by KPMG, found Majola may have breached the Companies' Act in four instances.
To date, Majola has received nothing more than a reprimand from CSA's board, while Nyoka has continued to argue for sterner action to be taken.
