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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG – Any sense that Cricket South Africa was freeing itself of crisis was blown out of the water at the weekend, with differences between the Interim Board and Members Council deeply entrenched, while the organisation has been dragged into yet more legal troubles, this time related to alleged discrimination related to sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

Cricket SA has been taken to the Labour Court after Karen Smithies, a former England captain and currently the manager of the Titans side, referred a dispute to the court after being overlooked for the position of team manager of the national women\u2019s team. Smithies contends that she was passed over for the job, because she\u2019s gay.<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, CSA confirmed that it would \u201cdefending Smithies\u2019 claim.\u201d Cricket SA\u2019s Director of Cricket, Graeme Smith, had erroneously been drawn into the controversy after his name was highlighted by The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom, simply because he\u2019d sat in on Smithies\u2019 interview.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Interim Board updates Nathi Mthethwa about latest developments at CSA<\/p>\n

Cricket SA stated on Saturday that Smith had left the meeting as soon as it was completed and was not party to any discussions which took place afterwards when comments of a discriminatory nature were allegedly made.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile CSA\u2019s Members Council – the organisation\u2019s most powerful decision-making body, comprising the 14 provincial presidents – accused the Interim Board, appointed last October by Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa, of trying to \u201ccause irreparable harm to CSA.\u201d<\/p>\n

The accusation stems from the Members Council\u2019s refusal to adhere to changes to the administrative structure, which Mthethwa had mandated the Interim Board to implement.<\/p>\n

Mthethwa wants to see the recommendations made by the Nicholson inquiry ten years ago applied so that more independent directors are appointed onto CSA\u2019s new board.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: This pettiness in the Cricket South Africa saga must end<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, the Interim Board stated that some provincial presidents – among eight who voted against implementing the proposed changes – may not have had their vote properly recorded or were not fully informed about certain aspects of the changes.<\/p>\n

However the Members Council disputed that notion in a statement it released on Saturday evening. \u201cThe Members\u2019 Council categorically denies that the Chairperson or any member of the Interim Board had written any letter to them regarding the voting patterns of its members, prior to his media statement. Similarly, we dispute that the Members\u2019 Council outcome of the votes have been manipulated or misinterpreted in any way when in fact Members\u2019 Council conveyed the views as mandated by their respective Affiliates,\u201d the Members Council said in its statement.<\/p>\n

Last week, it was apparent that the two entities were deadlocked but it now appears that they are at war and that Mthethwa will have to step in. The Minister\u2019s official stance is that he will wait until mid-April, when the Interim Board is supposed to complete its work, before making any public statement. He was briefed by the Interim Board last week, following the Members Council\u2019s vote, and given the stance adopted by both entities in the last week, may need to make his stance clear before then.<\/p>\n

@Shockehess<\/b><\/p>\n

IOL Sport<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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