Call to dissolve board of CSA

TIESETSO MALEPA and KHANYISO TSHWAKU

North West Cricket president Dr Oupa Nkagisang has called on sports minister Nathi Mthethwa to dissolve the embattled Cricket SA (CSA) board over an alleged failure to resolve the North West’ slong-standing administration matters.

He urged Mthethwa to remove “lame duck” chair Chris Nenzani and his board and put in an administrator who will run the organisation’s affairs until September’s annual general meeting.

In an explosive series of emails, Nkagisang berated the CSA president and the board over their apparent inefficiency with regards to the handling of CSA’s step-in rights at North West Cricket, which was placed under administration on December 5 2018 for alleged maladministration.

In one of the mails dated June 11‚ the first of seven sent by Nkagisang to CSA’s leadership where he enquired about the status of the report with regards to the union’s alleged maladministration‚ Nkagisang said the report had been completed by December 2019 and CSA’s suspended CEO Thabang Moroe said it was available to be accessed at the time.

“Due to your (including the administrator) unprecedented failure to close the NWC matter‚ I therefore notify you that the NWC Board has been fully reinstated and I will convene the NWC Member’s Council on the 14th July 2020‚” Nkagisang wrote to Nenzani on Monday July 6. “I will therefore instruct the administrator to give the NWC Member’s Council a close-out report.

“As far as the full unredacted Deloitte report ... is concerned‚ this I will ensure that the legal process extracts it from your claws.”

The June 11 email was responded to by CSA’s acting CEO Dr Jacques Faul on the same day‚ who said he’d consult the legal department.

Nkagisang sent two emails on June 12 and 14 where he pleaded with Nenzani and Faul to have the matter finalised.

Nenzani’s phones rang unanswered when comment was requested on Tuesday.

CSA’s company secretary Welsh Gwaza directed queries to communications manager Thami Mthembu‚ who said the matter was still ongoing.

“The NWC matter is still under review and has now been handed over to Bowmans Attorneys to manage on behalf of CSA‚” Mthembu said.

“We do not want to compromise the process by speaking while the matter is still going through its motions.”

Picture: BACKPAGEPIX CALL FOR ACTION: Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa, seen here with Bok captain Siya Kolisi , has been called upon by North West Cricket to dissolve the Cricket SA board.