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SA Rugby Union boss Jurie Roux has been ordered to pay R37m to the University of Stellenbosch.
Before Roux took the helm at the rugby union, he occupied high-level positions at the university’s Finance Department.
During this time, he was alleged to have improperly channeled university funds to the Maties Rugby Club.
SA Rugby Union (SARU) chief executive Jurie Roux has been ordered to repay R37 million, which an arbitrator found had been misappropriated from the coffers of Stellenbosch University during his tenure at the institution s finance department.
Roux, between 2002 and 2010, had held senior positions in the university s finance department, and had been accused of manipulating the electronic accounting system to channel millions in unbudgeted expenditure to the Maties rugby club.
SA Rugby boss ordered to pay Stellenbosch University R37m Arbitration award against Jurie Roux in relation to unauthorised expenditure throws into question his appointment by rugby’s world governing body 24 December 2020 - 17:22 Garth Theunissen CEO of SA Rugby Jurie Roux. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/GRANT PITCHER
SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux has been ordered to pay more than R37m to Stellenbosch University after an arbitration hearing into the unauthorised allocation of funds to the institution’s Maties rugby club. The award throws into question his appointment to a new role at World Rugby.
Alasdair Sholto-Douglas SC, who acted as arbitrator in the dispute, ordered Roux to pay Stellenbosch University R37,116,402 relating to the unauthorised channeling of funds to the Maties rugby club and associated activities, according to an arbitration award dated December 23 2020. In addition, Sholto-Douglas ordered Johannes Christiaan de Beer to pay the university the sum o