{"id":8991,"date":"2012-03-16T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-sports-minister-calls-on-s-african-board-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2012-03-16T15:15:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T13:15:21","slug":"cricket-sports-minister-calls-on-s-african-board-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-sports-minister-calls-on-s-african-board-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Sports Minister calls on S.African board to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, March 16<\/span> (Reuters) – South African
\nSports Minister Fikile Mbalula called on the country’s cricket
\nleadership to step down on Friday, accusing them of “cover-ups.”<\/p>\n

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His call follows the results of an inquiry which found
\nCricket South Africa (CSA) had failed to take appropriate action
\nagainst chief executive Gerald Majola for alleged financial
\nmisconduct.<\/p>\n

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Majola had been embroiled in scandal after R4.7 million
\n($615,000) in unauthorised bonuses were allegedly paid to CSA
\nstaff following the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) and ICC
\nChampions Trophy.<\/p>\n

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It was alleged Majola received R1.8 million, but he was
\noriginally cleared of any wrongdoing by an internal CSA inquiry
\nheaded by AK Khan, who resigned as acting president this week.<\/p>\n

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The board of inquiry, appointed by Mbalula and chaired by
\njudge Chris Nicholson, found that Majola had “surreptitiously”
\nreceived bonus payments from the IPL.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicholson recommended that Majola be suspended and face a
\ndisciplinary inquiry and possible criminal charges.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The board of Cricket South Africa, if it has any moral
\ncompass … must do the right thing – as Judge Nicholson has
\nadvised,” Mbalula told a news conference in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The board must conduct an open and brutally frank
\nintrospection about its role in the deepening crisis within
\ncricket.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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