Cricket South Africa (CSA) have reinstated ousted president Mtutuzeli Nyoka and are to order an independent investigation into their finances after a public spat over bonuses.
Published: May 06, 2011, 04:42 PM (IST)
Edited: May 06, 2011, 04:42 PM (IST)
Gerald Majola (Left) and Mtutuzeli Nyoka have made up after a feud sparked by a a bonus payment to Majola © AFP
Johannesburg: May 6, 2011
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have reinstated ousted president Mtutuzeli Nyoka and are to order an independent investigation into their finances after a public spat over bonuses.
Nyoka was fired following a feud with the organisation’s chief executive, Gerald Majola, over the payment of a 1.7-million-rand ($248,000, 172,000-euro) bonus to Majola after the staging of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa in 2009.
Nyoka took CSA to court after the federation passed a vote of no confidence in him at a special meeting in February.
The court found that Nyoka’s sacking was unlawful and should be set aside. CSA initially said it would appeal the judgment, but backed off that stance Wednesday. “The board has agreed in the interests of cricket to abide the judgement,” CSA said in a statement after its board of directors met in Johannesburg.
“The meeting unanimously agreed to abandon any appeal process in relation to the judgement.
“It was resolved to institute an external investigation including a forensic audit.” Nyoka had threatened to expose corruption in cricket after his calls for an independent inquiry into bonuses paid to 40 CSA staff members last year, including Majola, were ignored.
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