Grave confident South Africa tour of West Indies still on
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CRICKET West Indies (CWI) CEO Johnny Grave said plans are still in place to host South Africa despite Cricket South Africa (CSA) facing an intervention from South Africa’s sport minister Nathi Mthethwa which may affect the tour.
A cricinfo article on Sunday said, “Cricket South Africa (CSA) will face intervention from the country s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa after failing to agree on a Memorandum of Incorporation that will set out the blueprint for a majority independent board. Mthethwa will use the National Sports and Recreation Act to step in, which gives him the right to – amongst other things – withdraw funding and no longer officially recognise CSA as the governing body of cricket.”
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Mthethwa strips CSA of authority to run cricket in SA The move comes after its members council voted not to implement a new memorandum of incorporation, which would have meant having more independent directors, as well as an independent chair. Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: EWN
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JOHANNESBURG - Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has exercised his powers in terms of Section 13 of the National Sport and Recreation Act and has stripped Cricket South Africa (CSA) of national recognition.
The move strips the cricket body as the authority to run the sport in the country.
Mthethwa threatens to strip CSA of funding and national recognition Updated
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) is hanging by the thread after Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa penned a letter to the interim board.
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It s understood Mthethwa told the board on Thursday that he would exercise his powers in terms of Section 13 of the National Sport and Recreation Act.
The letter comes after the board failed to implement a new memorandum of incorporation, which would have meant having more independent directors, as well as an independent chair.
Once gazetted, CSA stands to lose its government funding and national recognition.
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