Key Sentence:
- On file, Ramela told a social justice and nation-building hearing.
- That Graham Smith’s appointment as director of Cricket SA reflected a “white-based” system in the sport.
Ramela, who played for 13 years, is president of the SA Cricket Association and was recently a member of the Provisional Board overseeing SA Cricket’s affairs while the administration was being restructured, and said Smith’s contract with Cricket SA was “illegal and illegal.” not “- procedure.”
Meanwhile, SJN’s ombudsman, Adv Dumisa Ntzebeza, said the trial would last until August 6, a week longer than initially planned. In addition to Saca, Cricket SA will testify to various clubs, the former CEO of Cricket SA, Thabang Moroe, and other legal and legal entities.
Pamela described the meeting for SJN he attended at the SA Cricket Association offices in 2019 to announce Smith’s appointment as Cricket (Executive) Director by Acting CSA Executive Director Jacques Fall. According to Ramela, Saca CEO Tony Ireland at the time, David Becker (Smith’s attorney), Andrew Britske (current Saca CEO), and David Richardson, the former CEO of the ICC who was conducting a review of South America at the time, were present as part of the African cricket internal structure meeting.
At the time, Enoch Nkwe was the current team manager, a new type of position akin to a football club manager. Nkwe will be Boucher’s assistant in the new structure, which Ramela calls a demotion. Pamela did not specify whether the contract he was on, which he said he would provide a copy to the committee, was a contract for Smith’s time as director as an actor or for when he was appointed permanently.
When Smith was called in December 2019, he served until April 2020. On April 17, 2020, the CSA announced that Smith had signed a two-year contract as director of cricket.
Ramela said that the interim board, which is supposed to review the CSA leadership contract during his tenure, decided “no, no, no” in Smith’s case. “They make all this noise, smoke, and smoke; they do everything and leave people who are clearly in trouble,” Ramela told SJN on Friday.
Sports Minister Nati Mteva set up an interim council in October 2020 to oversee implementing recommendations to form a new governing board consisting of independent members. In addition, its mandate includes reviewing CSA team member contracts.