Sport's Execs Drop Ball

Finances in the doldrums with R36 000 in the bank, R5m in liabilities.

- Joseph Bracken

The board of Basketball South Africa (BSA) must be dissolved, according to members of parliament's portfolio committee on sport, arts and culture. This comes after BSA nearly bungled hosting the International Basketball Federation's U18 Basketball African Championships in August last year.

At a meeting on 18 March, committee members said BSA should be put under administration and have its government funding cut until it has fixed its issues.

Because BSA falls under the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), only Sascoc can dissolve the board or place it under administration. The committee has reached out to Sascoc for updates on its interventions but as of Friday, had received no response.

"BSA don't have plans. They are in disarray," committee chair Joseph McGluwa (DA) said.