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South Africa’s Olympic body has tried to refute evidence that its self-imposed involvement in CSA’s affairs amounts to unacceptable interference – which could lead the ICC to suspend the country’s national teams.
In a letter to the ICC dated Saturday, which Cricbuzz has seen, the acting president of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), Aleck Skhosana, writes, “At no stage does or did SASCOC act under the direction or control of the minister of sport in the country [Nathi Mthethwa], or the government of the republic of South Africa. Accordingly, SASCOC rejects any allegation or insinuation that the SASCOC intervention constitutes government interference.”
That directly contradicts a resolution taken at a SASCOC board meeting on Monday, which states plainly: “The concerns with regard to the administration of the sport in the country relate, inter-alia, to the following issues of concern, namely…the directive by the minister of sport and recreation for SASCOC to intervene into the affairs of CSA.”
South Africa’s Olympic body has tried to refute evidence that its self-imposed involvement in CSA’s affairs amounts to unacceptable interference – which could lead the ICC to suspend the country’s national teams.
In a letter to the ICC dated Saturday, which Cricbuzz has seen, the acting president of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), Aleck Skhosana, writes, “At no stage does or did SASCOC act under the direction or control of the minister of sport in the country [Nathi Mthethwa], or the government of the republic of South Africa. Accordingly, SASCOC rejects any allegation or insinuation that the SASCOC intervention constitutes government interference.”
That directly contradicts a resolution taken at a SASCOC board meeting on Monday, which states plainly: “The concerns with regard to the administration of the sport in the country relate, inter-alia, to the following issues of concern, namely…the directive by the minister of sport and recreation for SASCOC to intervene into the affairs of CSA.”
