The Comrades Marathon Affiliation will elect its new board at its annual normal assembly in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, 30 November.
Take heed to this text 4 min Take heed to this text 4 min It has been a marathon few months for the Comrades, which is one in all South Africa’s most famed sports activities occasions.
Boardroom squabbles and misdemeanours, plus an ongoing authorized stand-off between the fits and anxious members of the annual race, have threatened the integrity, and even the existence of the “Final Human Race”.
Nevertheless, there may be an air of hope forward of the Comrades Marathon Affiliation’s (CMA) annual normal assembly (AGM), which is scheduled for Saturday, 30 November. A complete of 14 names have been put ahead to take up seven positions on the CMA board.
Two board members stay from the earlier board, which suffered mass resignations amid allegations of maladministration and even racism. They’re Nontuthuko Mashimane and Isaac Ngwenya, whose phrases are but to run out.
Ngwenya has been the topic of an inner investigation by the CMA for quite a lot of alleged transgressions and his continued involvement on the board will rely upon the end result of this probe.
The listing of names vying for the highest spot contains former chair Mqondisi Ngcobo and his former deputy Les Burnard. The pair had been a part of the mass…
