Independent board chairperson Lawson Naidoo says Cricket South Africa’s “hands are tied” in terms of further investigating the appointments of Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher.
“Irregularities” in the duo’s appointments as director of cricket and head coach, respectively, were flagged by Adv Dumisa Ntsebeza in his Social Justice and Nation-Building (SNJ) report.
However, Naidoo confirmed that the appointments were ratified by the CSA board at the time and that there’s nothing the current board can do about them now.
“The director of cricket and the head coach were appointed in December 2019 by CSA’s previous board, which predated the interim board,” Naidoo said while speaking to the Parliamentary Sports Portfolio committee on Tuesday.
“It is clear from Ntsebeza’s report there were some irregularities in those appointment processes, but they were endorsed and ratified by that board.
“Our hands are tied with regard to those processes because of the board ratification at the time.”
