Cricket
Mbalula reads riot act to CSA
2011-04-29 14:19
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Johannesburg - Mtutuzeli Nyoka and Cricket SA (CSA) have until next Wednesday to settle their differences, or have the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) do so for them, reports
Business Day.
That was the outcome of a meeting in Pretoria on Thursday between Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula and members of the CSA board. AK Khan, CSA’s vice-president, led the board’s delegation.
Dr Nyoka, CSA’s president, did not attend. Mbalula’s spokesperson, Paena Galane, said the minister would meet Dr Nyoka separately next week. "The minister told the board that it would be in the interests of sport that they do the honourable thing and sit down with Dr Nyoka to resolve the issue once and for all," Mr Galane said.
"The minister has urged the two parties to meet urgently and to sort it out on their own. If they fail to come to an amicable solution, SASCOC will be brought into the equation."
On Monday, SASCOC said it would consider conducting an investigation following claims that millions of rand are missing from CSA’s coffers.
Such a probe would include R4.7m in unofficial bonuses that was split by 40 CSA employees. The funds came from the organisers of the 2009 editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Champions Trophy, which were played in SA.
The money was paid in addition to official CSA bonuses, which were earned for the same work. The external bonuses, of which CSA CE Gerald Majola took R1.8m and Don McIntosh, the then chief operating officer, R1.4m, were not fully declared to the board’s governance committees.
In November, an internal review committee headed by Mr Khan exonerated Mr Majola of wrongdoing. McIntosh has since resigned.
Another likely part of a probe is the R84.6m that CSA said was used to run the 2009 IPL.
The board has said it can account for that money and has welcomed the prospect of a SASCOC investigation.