{"id":972,"date":"2020-12-15T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=972"},"modified":"2020-12-15T19:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T19:00:16","slug":"cricket-sa-interim-board-removes-omphile-ramela-as-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cricket-sa-interim-board-removes-omphile-ramela-as-director","title":{"rendered":"Cricket SA interim board removes Omphile Ramela as director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG – The majority of Cricket SA\u2019s interim Board of Directors voted to remove Omphile Ramela as a director on Tuesday after Ramela failed to appear at a meeting to answer allegations where his conduct was to be discussed.<\/p>\n

Five of the formerly nine-member board voted in favour of removing Ramela, who was charged last week with breaches of the Companies Act, related to his conduct as a board member. Two directors; Haroon Lorgat and Stavros Nicolaou missed the meeting, while Professor Andre Odendaal abstained.<\/p>\n

Ramela had been offered the opportunity to attend a meeting to answer the charges against him, and initially chose to do so, but when contacted this week, by the board, failed to answer. In his absence he was removed from the board.<\/p>\n

Last week, the board released a 23 page statement in which it outlined how Ramela had undermined the work of the board, particularly as it related to the suspension of Cricket SA\u2019s company secretary Welsh Gwaza. He was accused of leaking information to Gwaza and sections of the media.<\/p>\n

Also read<\/b><\/p>\n

: ‘Obstructive\u2019 Omphile Ramela suspended by CSA Interim Board<\/p>\n

The board\u2019s chairman, Zak Yacoob, accused Ramela of being \u201cobstructive,\u201d and said he was shocked by the conduct of the former president of the SA Cricketers Association, which represents the country\u2019s professional players. \u201cHe\u2019s a young man, who believes that every word that comes out of his mouth is the biblical truth and that if anybody begins to disagree with a word he says you are greeted with a great deal of anger,\u201d Yacoob told the media last week.<\/p>\n

Ramela, also last week following what was then still a suspension, said he was being victimised. \u201cI\u2019ve been constantly asking the tough questions,\u201d Ramela said. \u201cSome people are comfortable with that, some people are not. That\u2019s been my position on the board. Everyone knows I ask the tough questions, but it seems my colleagues weren\u2019t happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read:<\/b><\/p>\n

New Cricket SA board must work without fear, favour or prejudice to stabilise cricket South Africa – Mthethwa<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Gwaza\u2019s disciplinary hearing following his suspension, which was due to start Monday, has been pushed back to Thursday following a request from Gwaza.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the interim board announced that it had suspended acting CEO, Kugandrie Govender, for her role in the revocation of the accreditation of five journalists, various breaches of the Companies Act and her role in the dismissal of CSA\u2019s former head of sales and sponsor relations, Clive Eksteen. Following his axing Eksteen, took CSA to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, and won his case before that body last week, for wrongful dismissal.<\/p>\n

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

@IOLSport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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