Cricket SA AGM postponed

Cricket SA s much anticipated annual

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general meeting has been postponed.

CSA were to elect a new president to replace Chris Nenzani, who resigned earlier this month, at Saturday s AGM.

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They were also to fill at least two spots on the non-independent side of the 12-person board.

With Prof Steve Cornelius also having resigned earlier in August, a spot opened up on the independent section of the board.

In a press release issued on Monday, the organisation said a review of the governance model of CSA on the outstanding matters recommended by the Nicholson commission of enquiry in its report needed to occur.

The second issue is its troublesome forensic report.

Not only was it unavailable to CSA s members council, but

’ according to IOL, required the officials to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to view the document.

The tenuous nature of the report was such that CSA s acting president,

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Beresford Williams, told parliament it was not ready to be given to the sports portfolio committee.

Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa, who on Friday signalled his intention to be part of CSA s AGM, had wanted

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to see the report.

The statement further said the organisation needed to take the following steps:

Engage with the members council on the various issues they have raised and ensure alignment for the stability of CSA;

Engage with the minister of sports, arts and culture, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) and other stakeholders of CSA;

Extend the recruitment process for any board and board committee vacancies that may arise after completion of the above strategic review;

Provide a detailed review of CSA s

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transformation strategy that takes account of the launch of the office of the independent transformation ombudsman; and

Reconfigure the organisational structure to ensure the remedial actions recommended by Fundudzi in the forensic review are implemented.

The postponement of the AGM couldn t have come at a worse time

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for the embattled organisation.

Last week, it fired its CEO, Thabang Moroe, after a nine-month disciplinary process that is set to be resolved in the Labour Court.

CSA also recently relieved its chief commercial officer, Naasei Appiah, and head of sales and sponsor relations, Clive Eksteen, of their duties.