Willem Faber

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) to launch an independent investigation into Dr Eugenia Kula-Ameyaw, an independent board member at Cricket South Africa (CSA), related to the worrying reports that the transformation committee at CSA wants to have a say in team selection. It has come to the DA’s attention that Dr Kula-Ameyaw, who is only a temporary board member as she has yet to be voted in, has recently … [Read more...] about SASCOC needs to investigate CSA board member for possible interference in team selection

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) rejects Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) commitment to only appoint "Black consultants" across the board to speed up transformation. This was confirmed by its newly appointed acting CEO, Kugandrie Govender, today. This internal commitment from CSA to the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, will stop the Proteas from utilising some of the best-skilled cricket players such as Jaques Kallis to help coach our national cricket team. Appointments should be … [Read more...] about CSA’s racial quotas will not fix chaos in South African cricket

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the appointment of Kugandrie Govender as Acting Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Cricket South Africa (CSA). Her appointment follows the resignation of Jacques Faul, who resigned from the post on recently. We wish her well, especially in light of the difficult period that the CSA management is going through. The DA cautions the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa to stop interfering in sports administrations, and that the … [Read more...] about Kugandrie Govender Appointed as Cricket South Africa’s Acting CEO

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken note of developments at CricketSA (CSA) over the past number of weeks. While we would never want to involve politics in the daily running of sport organisations, we also cannot sit on the sideline and see one of South Africa’s beloved sports seemingly embroiled in a crisis. It has become abundantly obvious that CSA CEO, Thabang Moroe, is not fit for office, and may not have the necessary aptitude or experience to run the organisation. The DA … [Read more...] about Concern over escalating crisis at CricketSA