CSA audit and report on Moroe expected by Friday, says President Nenzani

The first part of the independent forensic audit as well as the investigation into Mr. Thabang Moroe, suspended Chief Executive Officer, is expected to be done by the end of this week, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Tuesday (June 16).



“There are a few issues that we had hoped that we would have pronounced on by now, such as the outcome of the forensic audit and the conclusion of all disciplinary processes,” said Chris Nenzani, CSA President and Chairman of the Board.



“Much to our huge disappointment, however, both at the level of the CSA Board and the Members Council (who instituted the independent forensic investigation), this has not happened. For this, I ask for your absolute understanding that we have to complete this procedure in accordance with the strictest governance and legal provisions and this unfortunately has proven to be a time-consuming exercise.”



“I am pleased to announce that we have been promised the preliminary report from the Forensic Investigation by this Friday and I have every confidence that by the end of this month the Board will be able to refer the final report to the Members Council to decide the way forward.”



In December, Moroe was on precautionary suspension with pay  on allegations of misconduct. Nenzani gave reasons to the delay in the matter.



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“Unfortunately, the forensic investigation did not start at the time we hoped. If you follow the sequence of events, we made the announcement on December 7 last year, but actually the forensic audit company was appointed towards the end of February and started work only in March,” he said.



“This was not by design, it was because of the processes we needed to go through needed to be very elaborate and conclusive because the appointment of this investigation did not reside with the Board, but with the Members Council, the 14 Provincial Presidents.”



“The simple reason for that is because we said in the scope of the investigation, it must also look into the decision making within the Board itself. Therefore, the Members Council had to be the appointing authority in this instance and that together with a few other matters, like the experience of the lockdown, would have delayed things.”



Nenzani also assured the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA), who had expressed reservations over the delay, about acting for their welfare.



“We understand their unhappiness on certain matters, but I think there are very few people that would have wanted us to flout procedures,” he said.