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 ASA remain defiant as Sascoc closes in
    Anna Cox
    November 16 2009 at 07:32AM 		Get IOL on your
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It's high noon at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) offices on Monday when the embattled body squares up to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc).

At the weekend, Sascoc took a decision to send in an administrator on Monday, and if he was not allowed in, a court interdict would be obtained.

Sascoc recently decided to suspend the entire board pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation over the Caster Semenya saga.

Sascoc chairman Gideon Sam said ASA had refused the administrator entry to their Houghton, Joburg, offices the whole of last week.

'ASA members have continued to defy the order for their suspension'
"We need finality now and we have a legal team in place to apply for the interdict," he said.

ASA members have continued to defy the order for their suspension and, led by ASA chairman Leonard Chuene, arrived for duty the whole of last week.
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The board's lawyers threatened to interdict Sascoc if they persisted in sending in an administrator.

A Sascoc board member, former cricket boss Ray Mali, has been appointed administrator of ASA and mandated to form a board comprising members from the athletics board.

The interim ASA board will constitute a disciplinary body to look into the handling of the Semenya issue and allegations of mismanagement. It is alleged that Chuene and his general manager, Molatelo Malehopo, knew about the sex tests carried out in South Africa before Semenya competed at the World Championships in August.

Chuene told The Star that he had no comment. However, ASA senior board member Simon Dlamini said they would take counter-legal action.

The board would be holding an extraordinary meeting on November 21, he said, and board members would stay put until then.

"Our fate will be decided at that meeting by people who appointed us, and not by Sascoc. There are procedures to be followed in suspending people, and these were not followed," he said.

"We want the country to see who is destroying sport. Nothing warrants an administrator ... There is going to be a legal fight."



    • This article was originally published on page 1 of The Star on November 16, 2009
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5 Days ago anticipation wrote :
One thing to say - IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN SOUTH AFRICA - useless bunch of @$$holes!!!!!!!
5 Days ago Sandile wrote :
These guys are no different than anyone in a similar position before. They are not fighting to for justice; purely for their own pockets. They have become used to the lavish lifestayle which they will now (hopefully) have to bid farewell. Just take a monment to run through the list of managers at ASA. Then imagine where and who they would be should they lose this job.
5 Days ago Pangea wrote :
I wonder if they have paper shredders or did they just not record there financial malpractice. I think they are trying to cover some serious manangement and financial problems that could lead to some big legal problems for them. That is the reason they want to stay in control
5 Days ago Eric Hamner wrote :
Something like this could only happen in South Africa - where has common sense gone to. It would seem from past events that ASA would tuck their tails between their legs and sneak quitely out into the night.
5 Days ago Anonymous wrote :
I wonder who is damaging athletics ...... clearly the incompetent people put in charge of ASA. The previous response says it all, when an organisiation/person is in trouble, deflecting tactics become the norm, so hopefully Mr Mali will put the financial affairs under close scrutiny, and rather than suspending some members, put them behind bars!
5 Days ago Andre Kensington wrote :
Please don't suspend them with pay and enefits, They may go on a shopping spree in Sandton!
5 Days ago me wrote :
they may be worried that someone is about to do an audit......b*st*rds (Edited by IOL)
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