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Sport minister Zizi Kodwa will tomorrow announce a new seven-member board of Boxing SA – a critical step that should end the circus that has been going on in the administration of boxing since December.

There is no board of Boxing SA, no chief executive and to make matters worse, the very important position in any institution, that of chief financial officer is vacant.

Everything from Mandla Ntlanganiso, former director operations who was appointed by Kodwa as the accounting authority in March, Mncedisi Nqumba acting director of operations sanctioning and ratings committees – is temporary.

Nqumba was appointed in an acting capacity when the previous board suspended Ntlanganiso. CFO Kenny Mamosadi died in February after he was shot dead by assailants in the driveway of his home in Pretoria West.

The board was appointed by Kodwa on November 28. It was to assume duty on December 12, the day the term of the then sitting board, chaired by Luthando Jack, expired. The new board, chaired by Sifiso Sjgowe, was in the office for one day and it lifted Ntlanganiso’s suspension and made him acting CEO.

The National Professional Boxing Promoters Association (NPBPA) said the appointment was unlawful because Kodwa disregarded the act of parliament which