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Majola set to hear fate

Cape Town - Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola is set to hear his fate next Friday after the country's cricket boss was embroiled in a scandal regarding bonus payments.

Advocate Azhar Bham, SC, has been appointed to determine whether Majola should be punished.

Auditing firm KPMG was called in to carry out a forensic audit of Cricket South Africa after repeated allegations that R68 million was missing from the organisation.

KPMG found that Majola had breached the Companies Act in four instances.

Majola came under fire after failing to disclose his R1.7 million bonus - received directly from the Indian Premier League and the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2009 - to CSA's remunerations committee, REMCO.

Unaware of the "unofficial" bonuses, CSA also paid Majola eight times his monthly salary, for the successful hosting of the 2009 IPL.

The accountancy firm was called in two years after the previously-undisclosed bonuses came to light, which were paid to Majola and 40 members of staff.

Majola received R4.15 million in bonus payments, according to the report, between May 2009 and May 2010, amounting to more than twice his annual salary.

According to the Rapport newspaper, CSA and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) assembled with Bham on Friday in Sandton to determine whether they should take action against Majola.

The newspaper revealed that CSA's executive council will receive all Bham's findings at the latest next Wednesday.

A decision on whether to sack Majola will then be made on Friday, August 19.
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