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| August 04, 2007 | Saturday | Rajab 19, 1428 |
Norman Arendse elected as CSA president
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has elected Norman Arendse and Logan Naidoo as president and vice-president respectively. Advocate Arendse, who presided over a turbulent period in Western Province cricket, came to international fame in 2004 when he represented the Zimbabwe Cricket Union against Heath Streak and his fellow players.
The Western Province Cricket Association is no longer the powerhouse on the field it used to be but Arendse, having been elected CSA vice-president in 2006, was always the favourite to succeed Ray Mali once he moved to the head of the International Cricket Council (ICC) following the death of Percy Sonn.
Arendse and Naidoo were elected unopposed after rivals withdrew their nominations before the Annual General Meeting. Naidoo has served two terms as head of the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union, both of which have been characterised by fierce power struggles.
In his first tenure, an investigation uncovered financial and procedural irregularities, including the purchase of a race horse with union funds by a consortium of which Naidoo was a member.
Arendse promised no let-up in the transformation policies of CSA. —Agencies
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