Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa has acted swiftly to avoid potentially the greatest crisis in its history.
That’s after Sports Minister Nathi Mthetwa indicated his intention last week to use his powers in terms of section 13 of the National Sport and Recreation Act and withdraw government recognition of Cricket South Africa.
Mthetwa's decision came after CSA's Members Council voted last weekend AGAINST an amendment of the Memorandum of Incorporation which would have led to the establishment of a majority independent board of directors for the future.
However, CSA issued a statement late on Sunday night in which it stated that the Members’ Council and the Interim Board had met earlier in the day and averted a crisis by reaching an agreement on all outstanding issue related to amending Cricket South Africa’s Memorandum of Incorporation.
CSA said this agreement will now trigger an expedited process to adopt the MOI in terms of the Companies Act within 48 hours.
It said that by reaching this agreement, cricket in South Africa has adopted a governance model which is best practice both in South Africa and internationally.
Speaking on behalf of the Interim Board, chair Dr Stavros Nicolaou said they’d reached an important milestone, and that he was delighted that the Members’ Council and the Board had reached agreement on a new governance structure.
“We have now successfully managed to fulfill the mandate given to us by Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa,” said Dr Nicolau. “We trust that this important agreement will give confidence to all cricket’s stakeholders specifically, players, staff, sponsors and all in the country who love the game of cricket.”
Dr Nicolau said they’d owed it to South Africa to find a solution to cricket’s governance challenges.
