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TimesLIVE reports that North West Cricket (NWC) chief HP Prinsloo said that the union would change its ways after it came under fire for having an all-white management team.
The administrator, men’s head coach, women’s head coach, finance manager, head groundsman and chair of the umpires are all white males and report to Prinsloo, another white male. The only black person in a management role is the cricket services manager, who is of Indian descent. “This is correct, but to reflect on it we must look at the appointment dates of those people. It was a very long time ago. It is my presentation that labour law issues [mean we] can’t get rid of these people for the sake of doing so,” said Prinsloo. He appeared before Cricket SA’s (CSA's) social justice and nation-building transformation hearings in response to allegations of anti-transformation and racism levelled at NWC by former NWC president Dr Oupa Nkagisang, NWC members' council member Phestus Motshabi and former umpire Papi Mbese. Prinsloo said NWC “reaffirms its commitment to transformation and transparent management and administration of the union in the best interests of cricket and all affiliates and stakeholders.” He advised that the NWC payroll showed that 84% of employees were black and black African, although the right workforce demographics were reflected only at lower levels and not in management. Prinsloo advised that NWC would in the coming months restructure and ensure that demographics at senior managerial levels at the union were reflective of the country. Prinsloo denied accusations of racism from former umpire Mbese, who testified in July that he was called the k-word by Johan Louw, who is the president of umpires at NWC.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tiisetso Malepa at TimesLIVE
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