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Johannesburg - KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) faces an independent audit following allegations of financial irregularities, its president Aleck Skhosana said on Sunday.
"I received papers from a member of the executive at the council meeting on Saturday and the allegations regarding impropriety will be taken to independent auditors," he said.
KZNA finance committee chairman John Hall said he resigned and walked out of the council meeting after handing copies of the documents to Skhosana.
This, after meeting with the Hawks for two-and-a-half hours earlier in the week following threats on his life.
Earlier this month, Hall alleged that former KZNA vice-president Simon Dlamini had contacted him and threatened him over the phone.
Dlamini allegedly accused him of hampering Skhosana's ambitions to fill the vacant post of Athletics South Africa (ASA) president, formerly held by Leonard Chuene.
In February, the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee banned Dlamini, a former ASA board member, from any involvement in organised sport for three years after he, Chuene and former ASA vice-president Kakata Maponyane were found guilty of financial impropriety.
"I believe Aleck Skhosana is making every effort to right the wrongs at KZNA," Hall said.
"The only thing I think he is guilty of is trusting his friends, who have let him down terribly."
Hall said the allegations of financial impropriety at KZNA included the misspending of R300 000 in Lotto funds.
He said R2.2 million was allocated to tracks in Umlazi and Pietermaritzburg.
However, KZNA finance manager Joyce Smith told the council meeting that only R1.9 million remained, and that R300 000 could not be accounted for.
Hall said that while he headed the executive's financial committee, he had not signed cheques and was infrequently given financial documents that were usually outdated.
He said the R2.2 million should not have been touched in case it was needed to pay for contractors or other necessities.
It should have been kept in a trust, with KZNA entitled to the interest.
"This should have been a boom year, because in interest alone we received a lot of money," Hall said.
"We received big race levies - the Comrades Marathon levy alone was significant - but KZNA has overspent big time."
Skhosana said a five-member sub-committee would plot the way forward for KZNA.
"The committee was appointed to assist in ensuring there is a system in place to create better corporate governance," he said.
"I received papers from a member of the executive at the council meeting on Saturday and the allegations regarding impropriety will be taken to independent auditors," he said.
KZNA finance committee chairman John Hall said he resigned and walked out of the council meeting after handing copies of the documents to Skhosana.
This, after meeting with the Hawks for two-and-a-half hours earlier in the week following threats on his life.
Earlier this month, Hall alleged that former KZNA vice-president Simon Dlamini had contacted him and threatened him over the phone.
Dlamini allegedly accused him of hampering Skhosana's ambitions to fill the vacant post of Athletics South Africa (ASA) president, formerly held by Leonard Chuene.
In February, the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee banned Dlamini, a former ASA board member, from any involvement in organised sport for three years after he, Chuene and former ASA vice-president Kakata Maponyane were found guilty of financial impropriety.
"I believe Aleck Skhosana is making every effort to right the wrongs at KZNA," Hall said.
"The only thing I think he is guilty of is trusting his friends, who have let him down terribly."
Hall said the allegations of financial impropriety at KZNA included the misspending of R300 000 in Lotto funds.
He said R2.2 million was allocated to tracks in Umlazi and Pietermaritzburg.
However, KZNA finance manager Joyce Smith told the council meeting that only R1.9 million remained, and that R300 000 could not be accounted for.
Hall said that while he headed the executive's financial committee, he had not signed cheques and was infrequently given financial documents that were usually outdated.
He said the R2.2 million should not have been touched in case it was needed to pay for contractors or other necessities.
It should have been kept in a trust, with KZNA entitled to the interest.
"This should have been a boom year, because in interest alone we received a lot of money," Hall said.
"We received big race levies - the Comrades Marathon levy alone was significant - but KZNA has overspent big time."
Skhosana said a five-member sub-committee would plot the way forward for KZNA.
"The committee was appointed to assist in ensuring there is a system in place to create better corporate governance," he said.
