Nathi Mthethwa., Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, at the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 13, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo by Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams
Sport Minister Nathi Mthethwa withdraws Section 13 to strip CSA of status
Sport Minister Nathi Mthethwa has withdrawn a government gazette Section 13 notice against Cricket South Africa.
Nathi Mthethwa., Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, at the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 13, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo by Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams
Following several attempts to get Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Interim Board and Members Council to agree on the contents of a revised Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) as part of the Nicholson Report on the governance of the sport, Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday signaled his decision, by way of a notice in the Government Gazette, to invoke s13(5)(i) and (ii) of the National Sport and Recreation Act,2007(Act No. 18 of 2007).
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Shortly after the notice was published, a letter was received by the Minister’s office, signed by both CSA’s Acting President Rihan Richards and Interim Board chairperson Stavros Nicolaou confirming the unanimous decision taken by the Members Council to accept the new MOI by written resolution as contemplated by Section 60 of the Companies Act.
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As a consequence to receiving such confirmation, Minister Mthethwa said, “As the sole purpose of my intervention into the affairs of CSA was to facilitate a negotiated solution in respect of governance best practice, I have, based on the confirmation from CSA’s Acting President and IB Chairperson, instructed my Department to immediately initiate the requisite process to withdraw the notice.”
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Minister Mthethwa re-iterated his desire to bring his intervention to an end, with a final report from the Interim Board, while CSA proceeds to chart a revised roadmap towards an Annual General Meeting.
