Members of the Portfolio Committee on Sport Arts and Culture department.
(The Post News)- Chairman of the Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts, and Culture Joseph McGluwa is calling for the department and Boxing South Africa (BSA) to act on the missing funds in the entity and, if possible, charge and arrest the people responsible.
McGluwa was addressing the Portfolio Committee meeting in Parliament in Cape Town yesterday, where the new BSA board made its first appearance. He sayid that it cannot be business as usual when BSA annual reports show irregular spending of R12 million over the years. McGluwa has given the Ministry and BSA 21 days to come back and report on who is going to be held responsible for this.
“To be honest, I haven’t heard anything about the past. Given that you were a former member, I don’t know what happened or how the corruption issues were handled,” McGluwa stated.
“It’s surprising that the department has never thought about doing that, but the department is putting money in, money in, money in, without any repercussions or accountability. Who’s in jail, who’s going to jail? Who can we help? If we want to help, we would like to help you to send someone to jail. We will leave here as a committee with you and open a docket.
“We deal with oversight here, we question an entity, we question money that is just going down the drain, so we don’t see anyone being acted against or on. R12 million has already been defecated, and funds designated for sports development are being used in numerous court battles.”
The BSA board, chaired by Sifiso Shongwe, was present at the meeting, along with department representatives. Minister Gayton McKenzie, who answers to the Portfolio Committee, later joined it. According to McGluwa, boxing in the nation is not just in chaos but also headed toward extinction.
“I have stated this for several reasons, starting with the fact that based on the facts in front of us, Boxing South Africa is in a complete disarray. Here, we ought not to dispute that. ICU is where it is, not a mess. I want to clarify that, in my opinion, the boxing is truly on its way to the crematorium rather than in the intensive care unit,” concluded McGluwa.
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