: SJN commission report: Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers showed racial prejudice #IndiaNEWS South African cricket legends Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers were all found to

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

SJN commission report: Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers showed racial prejudice #IndiaNEWS
South African cricket legends Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers were all found to have engaged in racially prejudiced conduct in a report by an independent ombudsman released on Wednesday.Cricket South Africa made public a 235-page interim report by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, who headed a Social Justice and Nation Building Commission to investigate allegations of racial discrimination in South African cricket.CSA board chairman Lawson Naidoo said the board would study the report and would “engage with it and its recommendations�. Ntsebeza found that former Test captain Smith’s appointment as CSA’s director of cricket was irregular, although he did not attribute this to racial discrimination. But he was critical of Smith’s decision to appoint Boucher as head coach of the national team ahead of Enoch Nkwe, a black coach who served briefly as national team director, which he found was not in accordance with the organisation’s human resources policy. “Mr Smith and CSA failed to rebut the presumption of unfair discrimination in the appointment of Mr Boucher ahead of Mr Nkwe,� according to the report.Smith was also accused of racial discrimination, along with other CSA and team officials, when he was captain of the Test team in England in 2012.Following an injury to Boucher, leading batsman...Read more

Intraday stocks under 50 NSE India Twitter of India

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!