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Cricket South Africa (CSA) notes the testimonies of the witnesses who have given evidence at the Social Justice and Nation Building hearings which began on Monday 5 July 2021 and which are scheduled for 5 – 23 July 2021.
The Ombudsman’s Terms of Reference adopted by the recently appointed CSA Board ensure that where allegations are made against individuals or organisations, they will be given a proper opportunity to respond to these in due course. This will take place before the Ombudsman delivers his report to the CSA Board at the end of September 2021.
In view of this, CSA prefers not to comment publicly during the ongoing process of these hearings on the evidence that has and will emerge. As Chair of the CSA Board, Lawson Naidoo, explained during the hearings on Monday: “This approach will protect the independence, autonomy and integrity of this process.”
CSA will therefore allow the process to take its course and will, at the appropriate time and in consultation with the Ombudsman, formally respond to pertinent issues raised by the evidence, so that the Ombudsman has all the relevant factual information at his disposal when he compiles and finalizes his report.
Said Pholetsi Moseki, Acting Chief Executive of CSA: “We welcome this opportunity as a time of reflection for our organisation. We hope that it will assist CSA and its new Board to chart a new and transformed future for SA cricket.”
