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Chairperson of the disciplinary hearing into allegations of misconduct against Proteas men’s coach, Mark Boucher, Senior Counsel Advocate Terry Motau (SC), has in a ruling, postponed the matter for the hearing to be held in the week commencing 16 to 20 May 2022.
The ruling is given below.
The matter was set down on 26 January 2022 and a few days before the matter sat, the parties agreed that it would not proceed but will use the day to agree on a timetable.
2. Though agreed that the matter should be postponed, the parties were not ad idem on the dates to which the matter should be postponed. CSA wanted the matter to be postponed to the week of 7 to 11 March 2022 and Mark Boucher wanted any period of five days between 10 and 19 May 2022.
3. CSA argued for expediency and a speedy commencement and finalisation of the proceedings, given that some of the allegations occurred some time ago.
4. On behalf of Mr Boucher, it was indicated that he intends to call some of the players to testify on his behalf and that these players will be part of the Tour of New Zealand from 17 February to 1 March 2022 and the Bangladesh Tour of South Africa from 18 March to 11 April 2022 and that having a hearing in-between the two tours would be disruptive.
5. Having considered both arguments, I agree with arguments advanced on behalf of Mr Boucher and I have decided to postpone the matter for the hearing to be held in the week commencing 16 to 20 May 2022.
6. Additionally, the parties are directed to hold a pre-hearing meeting for purposes of inter alia narrowing disputes, agreeing on the exchange of bundles of documents and to indicate estimated duration of the hearing. They are to file a pre-hearing minute a week prior to the commencement of the hearing.
Terry Motau SC
Chairperson Chambers,
Johannesburg
