Cricket South Africa’s decision to postpone its AGM until it receives clarity on what exactly is contained in the forensic reports it has commissioned was generally received as a rare bit of good news for the embattled organisation on Tuesday.
CSA was meant to stage its AGM on Saturday, with a new president and several other directors, expected to be elected, but that has now been put off indefinitely with the organisation saying it needed to first undergo governance and structural review based on the recommendations of both the Fundudzi forensic report commissioned when former CEO Thabang Moroe was suspended and also the Nicholson Commission of Inquiry that dates all the way back to 2012 and relates to the Gerald Majola bonus scandal.
Moroe was fired last week, with Kugandrie Govender appointed acting CEO after Jacques Faul stood down from that temporary position the week before.
Most importantly, the postponement means the CSA members council has stood united for the first time and flexed their muscle in bringing the board to order and, crucially, they will now get to see the forensic report into Moroe which is believed to also implicate several board members in governance issues.
The CSA board initially refused to release the report to the member’s council, comprising the 14 provincial affiliates, even though they had commissioned the inquiry, and then said they had to peruse it at the Bowman Gilfillan legal offices, only after signing a non-disclosure agreement.
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