Sacked in 2012
The past year has seen the axe fall on a number of controversial characters. The Mail & Guardian looks at 2012’s high-profile job losses.
Gerald Majola
Players look ahead, board stuck in the past
Just when it seemed safe to go back into the water, the administrative sharks have returned to South African cricketing waters.
Majola sacked as Cricket South Africa CEO
Gerald Majola has been fired as chief executive of Cricket South Africa following an internal disciplinary hearing.
Cricket SA disciplinary finds Majola guilty
Suspended Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola was found guilty in absentia on Wednesday by a disciplinary hearing.
Mbalula: I expected better from Majola
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has hit back at suspended Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola for calling him an apartheid-style minister.
Majola withdraws from Cricket SA disciplinary
Suspended CSA CEO Gerald Majola withdrew from his disciplinary hearing on Wednesday in order to approach the Labour Court, his lawyers said.
CSA’s Majola free to take legal course
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says suspended CSA chief executive Gerald Majola has the constitutional right to use legal structures available to him.
Majola fails in bid to oust disciplinary chair
Suspended Cricket SA boss Gerald Majola has failed in his bid to remove John Myburgh as the independent chairperson of his disciplinary hearing.
Rebuilding South African cricket, ball by ball
We need a few good men (or women) to lead us out of the mess Cricket SA created. Fortunately Jacques Faul fits the bill, writes <b>Neil Manthorp</b>.
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Cricket SA meets sports ministry report deadline
Cricket SA has met its deadline to complete a report requested by the sports ministry, in response to recommendations made by a ministerial inquiry.
Stand-in cricket chief ignores mess and gets on with game
Acting Cricket South Africa president Willie Basson has been tasked with repairing the organisation and restoring South African cricket’s image.
CSA needs to repair its image, says Basson
CSA’s acting president Willie Basson says he hopes to get rid of the negative public opinion of the organisation by finding out exactly what’s wrong.
Players eye end to CSA shambles
Should Majola stay or should he go? Whatever happens, <b>Neil Manthorp</b> says South African cricket deserves a period of stability.
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Majola suspended
Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola has been suspended by CSA’s board of directors.
Testing times as players eye end to Cricket SA shambles
The Proteas will be seeking stability after the resignation of CSA’s acting head and the end of the Nicholson probe, writes <b>Neil Manthorp</b>
Up goes the finger
Retired Judge Chris Nicholson says that Cricket South Africa administrators are corrupt and has also recommended that the Gerald Majola be suspended.
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Majola’s future at CSA remains uncertain
CSA’s chief executive Gerald Majola’s fate may not be settled at a board of directors’ meeting in Johannesburg over the weekend.
Cricket South Africa top dogs abandon ship
Acting Cricket South Africa president AK Khan and CSA audit and risk committee chairperson John Blair have resigned over the CSA bonus scandal.
CSA’s acting president resigns
Acting president of Cricket South Africa AK Khan has announced his resignation from the post, saying "it’s time for change and for new leadership".
I’m innocent, insists Majola
CSA boss Gerald Majola has pleaded innocent after a ministerial inquiry recommended he be suspended and made to repay a R1.75-million bonus.
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CSA: Players call for urgent action
Cricket SA must adopt the recommendations of the Nicholson inquiry as a matter of urgency, says the SA Cricketers’ Association.
Suspend Majola, says Nicholson
CSA chief Gerald Majola has been stumped by Judge Chris Nicholson’s findings of his inquiry into allegations of corruption and mismanagement.
Nicholson: NPA should investigate Majola bonus scandal
Judge Chris Nicholson has recommended that Cricket South Africa head Gerald Majola’s bonus scandal be referred to the National Prosecuting Authority.
CSA inquiry findings to be announced
Judge Chris Nicholson is due to announce the findings of an inquiry into Cricket South Africa’s finances, ordered by Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula.
King to close Cricket SA bonus inquiry
The inquiry into the Cricket South Africa bonus scandal is due to close with the testimony of former Supreme Court of Appeal judge Mervyn King.
The rot in SA cricket goes beyond Majola’s bonus question
The Nicholson inquiry into the state of South African cricket has begun to show the sport is in a mess, despite the Proteas’ success on the field.
CSA: ‘Frankenstein’ Majola must face music, says Arendse
Former Cricket SA president Norman Arendse says Gerald Majola should face a disciplinary hearing for his role in the IPL bonus scandal.
Ali Bacher’s CSA cameo: For the love of the game?
Ali Bacher’s appearance at Judge Nicholson’s probe into the state of CSA has elicited a burning question about the former cricket boss’s motives.
Bacher says bonus was above board
Former UCB CEO Ali Bacher has dismissed claims that his R5-million bonus at the end of his tenure was not approved by the former board.
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CSA says Majola should have declared bonus
Cricket SA’s finance committee chairperson John Bester says CEO Gerald Majola’s bonuses should have been fully cleared by the board.
Bacher to explain R5m ‘precedent’ to CSA probe
Dr Ali Bacher will today explain a R5m payout cited by Cricket SA boss Gerald Majola as a precedent for his own controversial handling of bonuses.
Bacher to explain alleged bonus payment in inquiry
Former SA cricket chief Ali Bacher will explain the alleged payment of R5-million in bonuses when the Sports Ministry’s inquiry into cricket resumes.
