Cricket South Africa 10 member board resigns after government threatened intervention

All the 10 members of Cricket South Africa have resigned and with the exception of three members who will continue until an interim committee is formed, the resignations of all others have been accepted, the organisation announced on Monday.

“All independent and non-independent directors have now resigned," Cricket South Africa said in a Twitter post.

The news, however, was expected after the resignation of six board members, including acting president Beresford Williams, on Sunday. The resignation of the four remaining board members clears the way for the appointment of an interim committee.

The resignations have taken place due to a feud with the government, and came one day before a deadline threatening intervention by sports minister Nathi Mthethwa.

Prior to the resignations, a series of meetings of a 14-person members' council, which consists of the presidents of provincial unions affiliated to CSA, had taken



place.

A report in The Citizen newspaper quoted an unnamed insider as saying: "Not all of the directors were happy to go but they were basically told they had to, we forced them," according to AFP.

The three directors who will remain in place until the formation of an interim board are non-independent directors -- Zola Thamae, John Mogodi and Donovan May.

They will be joined by Rihan Richards, who was elected acting president of the members' council following the resignation of Williams.

CSA has been in disarray since chief executive Thabang Moroe was suspended last December, prompting calls from the country's players' association and major sponsors for the board to resign.

Moroe was fired in August on the basis of a forensic report which CSA has refused to make public.

South Africa are due to host World Cup champions England in three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals in late November and early December.