The Minister of Sports, Arts, Culture and recreation Nathi Mthethwa  has sent a letter to Beresford Williams the acting President for Cricket South Africa (CSA).   

 This follows a huge outcry regarding the failure of its Leadership to effectively manage its affairs. Over the past couple of months, efforts had been made to try and assist CSA to stabilise its governance matters. However all the meetings and engagements have failed to produce a way forward.

In a press release Minister Mthethwa said having evaluated the discussions as well as the subsequent reporting on this matter,  he  has now reached a point where he sees no value in any further engagement with CSA.

When the SASCOC initiative yielded no positive results, the Minister personally held several meetings with the CSA Board and also met with the Members Council. Similarly, further engagements have been held between SASCOC and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, they have also had negative outcomes. 

 Mthethwa says he strongly believes that there is great merit in creating an environment where sports problems are handled within the sports movement and accordingly wishes to offer them every possible opportunity to demonstrate their stated commitment to cooperate on a way forward for cricket. 

 More so, the Minister has given a notice of Government intervention to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the affairs of CSA. In the interest of fairness, Minister Mthethwa has given CSA until 17:00 on 27 October 2020 to make written representations, should they wish to, on why he should not
exercise his decision to intervene as enjoined by the laws of the country.