South Africa fire suspended CEO for bonus scandal
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Gerald Majola, the suspended chief executive of Cricket South Africa, has been fired for concealing bonus payments to himself and staff three years ago.
CSA disciplinary chairman Karel Tip found Majola guilty of all nine charges against him following a hearing that Majola refused to attend.
Majola, suspended since March, was sacked "with immediate effect," the CSA said in a statement on Friday.
Majola was found guilty of receiving and failing to disclose bonuses from South Africa's hosting of the 2009 Indian Premier League, and misusing his travel allowance. Majola paid 4.7 million rand ($540,000) in bonuses to CSA staff without approval, and paying himself 1.7 million rand ($195,000).
"While acting as CEO for CSA and in the context of a contract that he had concluded on behalf of CSA, Mr Majola negotiated large bonuses for himself and (former CSA chief operating officer) Don McIntosh, as well as lesser bonuses for the CSA staff," Tip wrote.
"In so doing, he wittingly placed himself in a situation that constituted a manifest conflict of interest.
"Mr Majola failed to disclose the bonus when he had a clear and ongoing duty to do so. Even worse, Mr Majola expressly lied about it, vowing more than once that he 'had not received a cent.'"
Tip added that Majola had brought disruption and division within South African cricket, and tarnished CSA and the sport.
Majola withdrew last week from the hearing, questioning its legitimacy.
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