The official invitation to the boxing fraternity and the general public to nominate individuals for appointment to the board of Boxing SA should be welcomed and used effectively to bring on board the right people who would cure the ailing SA boxing.
This heartfelt plea was made yesterday by Howard Goldberg – the Cape Town-based former world-class boxing referee and judge – who is currently president of the World Boxing Foundation (WBF).
“We need people who will take boxing back to the level it was once at and possibly even higher. The sports minister [Nathi Mthethwa] can’t bring friends of friends,” said the 63-year-old.
“I am not only the president of the WBF but also a proud South African who wants to see the country’s sport improve its image. I am passionate about South African boxing.”
Goldberg insisted that Mthethwa has got to put in office people who are connected, have networks and can raise sponsorship.
“I mean people who put boxing before their own agendas,” said the administrator.
Mthethwa last week officially invited the boxing fraternity and the general public to nominate individuals who they prefer to be considered when he appoints the new board.
The appointment of the new seven-member board to replace the current one of Peter Ngatane (chairman), Gilberto Martins, Luthando Jack, Matilda Kabini, Khulile Radu, Mzamo Gumbi and Letlhogonolo Noge-Tungamarai – will take place in December. That will be when the term of the board in charge runs out. The current board was appointed by then sports minister Thulas Nxesi in 2017.
Names have been bandied about and provinces are hard at work compiling lists of individuals they want to serve as board members. It is because of all this that Goldberg used this platform to advise Mthethwa to appoint people who can add value to boxing in SA.
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