With a potential labour court battle already in store, in an ongoing tussle with former CEO Thabang Moroe, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) board has more issues to face after a group calling themselves Cricket United 2020 demanded that they are consulted in any of the federation’s transformation policies.
Cricket United 2020, made up of 40 black former Proteas cricketers and senior coaches who held a meeting with the CSA board at the end of last month, released a statement insisting the governing body adhere to its agreement within the next seven days to properly engage with concerned black stakeholders.
“We are not here to break the system. It is already broken,” the group said.
“Subsequently, following the process outlined by that commitment by the president and board (in their meeting) we were alerted that the transformation policy had been signed off by the board without any consultation with relevant coaches, ex-players, current players and other roleplayers.”
The federation was apparently in no place to respond publicly to Cricket United 2020 on Thursday because the CSA board was embroiled in an all-day meeting to decide the fate of Moroe, who was suspended late last year.
The former CEO was supposed to present his case to the board, but he had instructed lawyers to prepare an indictment the night before to stop the meeting.
It nonetheless seemed likely that the board would dismiss Moroe, who could then take his case to the CCMA and ultimately labour court.
National director of cricket Graeme Smith, meanwhile, responded to allegations of racism made against him when he was Proteas captain from 2002/3 to 2013/14, after being accused of snubbing players of colour.
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