SA BOXING: ‘THE SHOW MUST NOW GO ON’

With all the dust having settled in the legal wranglings between boxing authorities in the country, Boxing South Africa (BSA) accounting authority Mandla Ntlanganiso said the show must now go on.

Earlier this week, the National Professional Boxing Promoters Association’s (NPBPA) application to declare the appointment of Ntlanganiso by Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa (pictured) invalid and irregular, was dismissed with costs at the Gauteng North High Court in Pretoria.

“Really welcome the judgment by the Pretoria high court to dismiss this application with costs by the so-called promoters’ association, we have now closed this matter and boxing is going back to its normal place.

“Soon the minister will be appointing the board. However, in the meantime, the work of boxing is continuing. As an accounting authority, I am trying my best to make sure that there’s continuity and stability within the boxing sector,’’ said Ntlanganiso.

Ntlanganiso, originally a director of operations at BSA, was suspended by the previous BSA board but brought back by the board that Kodwa appointed towards the end of November last year.

That board only lasted a day in office as it was interdicted by NPBPA, but it had already reinstated Ntlanganiso as the acting CEO.

Ntlanganiso said they did not drop the ball throughout the wrangling. “Since my appointment I can safely say that we have got about three world champions ...” he said. — SABC.