JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday announced it will launch a formal inquiry about the behavior of the current director Graeme Smith and head coach of the National Team Mark Boucher after reviewing the report of the Social Commission and the National Commission (SJN).
The final 235-page report delivered by the Head of the SJN Commission Dumisa Ntsebeza has accused the administration of CSA, the former captain and director today Smith, Boucher and former AB Deverier dough in racial discrimination.
The report accused that the trio discriminated against black players by not choosing it on the national team.
“Formal questions will take place early in the new year.
They will include formal questions into the behavior of Graeme Smith, Director of CSA Cricket, and Mark Boucher, coach of the Proteas team,” CSA said in a statement.
However, Smith and Boucher will remain in their position and will continue to carry out their duties during the Indian tour.
CSA said it met virtually on Saturday to consider further reports to the report but silent about the investigation against De Villiers.
The Ombudsman SJN report makes various “tentative findings” regarding allegations of discrimination and racism.
However, the Ombudsman indicates that he is not in a position to make “definite findings” and recommend that the process further conducted in this case, CSA said.
“The Board has done so much attention to its duties to treat allegations of racism or discrimination with maximum seriousness and in a way that ensures justice and legal processes in terms of South African employment laws and constitution.” The Ombudsman report includes findings that Smith and Boucher have acted in a means of prejudice or discriminatory.
Further details related to questions will be announced in time.
“CSA respects the SJN process and we are involved with reports in detail and holistic.” We have carefully find out for the recommendation of the Ombudsman, that in the right case, the next process must be institutionalized to test the evidence and submission made, and we have decided that this is indeed the appropriate route to be followed, “said Chairman of the CSA Board, Lawson Naidoo Of course.
” We hope this will give the party involved to be a fair opportunity to be heard so that finality can be achieved, and every final finding can be achieved.
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Steps and further action by CSA to change cricket and act on other recommendations that apply in the SJN report, in harmony with the new strategic framework and access pillars, inclusion, and excellence, are set to be announced in the new year.