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CSA members’ Council, interim board reach vital agreement
Cricket South Africa has finally avoided being de-recognized and being declared defunct by the country’s sports ministry after agreeing to adopt a new Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that will include a framework for a majority independent board. The Members’ Council-the body made up of 14 provincial presidents which have the highest decision-making powers at CSA and an interim board met on Sunday, to sort out the new MOI.
They reached an agreement two days after sports minister Nathi Mithethwa issued a notice of his intention to strip CSA of its status as the game’s official governing body in the country and five days before Mthethwa's actions were due to be published in the government gazette. Mthethwa had given CSA three ultimatums to agree to the new structure as part of his efforts to sort out governance issues in cricket. Until Sunday the Members' Council were resistant to a majority independent board, but under threat of the game ceasing to exist in the country, changed their minds. "Today we reached an important milestone, and I am delighted that the Members' Council and the Board reached agreement on a new governance structure," Stavros Nicolaou, interim board chair, said.
