Chief executive Gerald Majola
dismissed after being found guilty on
nine counts of misconduct during his
time in charge.
Suspended Cricket South Africa (CSA)
chief executive Gerald Majola has
been dismissed for his part in a
bonus scandal following a disciplinary
hearing, the organisation announced
on Friday.
Majola was found guilty on nine
charges, including accepting bonuses,
not declaring them to the board and
wrongdoing around travel claims.
Advocate Karel Tip, who chaired the
disciplinary hearing, said Majola
should be dismissed.
The CSA said in a statement that they
would "implement (the
recommended sanction) with
immediate effect."
Independent inquiry
Majola was suspended in March this
year after an independent inquiry
found that $540,000 in bonuses had
been paid to CSA staff without
clearance from the board or the
remuneration committee after South
Africa hosted of the 2009 Indian
Premier League and the ICC
Champions Trophy in the same year.
The inquiry also found that Majola
had breached his fiduciary duties as
he also received $205,000 of the
bonus money paid out.
In his findings, Tip said Majola's
actions had brought Cricket South
Africa into "disrepute".
"His (Majola's) conduct in relation to
the bonuses, his continued denial of
any wrongdoing, his active part in
events that have brought disruption
and division within cricket, and his
avoidance of a prompt resolution of
the matter through due and
prescribed processes, have materially
contributed to bringing CSA - and the
sport of cricket in this country – into
disrepute," Tip said.
"Despite many opportunities, Mr
Majola failed to disclose the bonus
when he had a clear and ongoing
duty to do so.
"Even worse, Mr Majola expressly lied
about it, avowing more than once that
he 'had not received a cent'. In so
doing he inter alia directly misled the
(Sports) Minister and Deputy Minister
and, in turn, allowed Parliament to be
similarly misled."
Majola did not attend the disciplinary
hearing and has taken the matter to
labour court.
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