Former CSA supremo Ali Bacher has backed a decision by the country's sports minister, Fikile Mbalula, to ban Cricket South Africa and national federations for rugby, athletics and netball from hosting international events until they transformed to include 60 percent Black South Africans in their teams.
Bacher, who spearheaded the return of the Proteas to the international cricketing fraternity after decades of isolation due to apartheid, said sports federations had long been warned that government would intervene if transformation did not take place.
National squad for these sports have fielded few Black players despite the majority population being Black. On Monday, the minister said the federations controlling these four sports genres in the country had not met the required rate of transformation in their sports, banning them from bidding for or hosting major events until his decision comes under review next year.
CSA said it would be seeking clarity from Mbalula to determine where they have failed in their quest to transform.
CSA communications manager Altaaf Kazi said they needed to review the contents of the report in order to understand where transformation targets set by MoS were not met before they could comment further.