JOHANNESBURG — Athletics South Africa (ASA) has appointed a committee to address its financial crisis in the hope of servicing its R4,3 million debt.
Report by Reuters
“We do have a problem that has to be addressed and a committee has been set up to deal with it expeditiously,” ASA president James Evans said on Tuesday.
The committee was mandated to give feedback on possible solutions by December 21, he said.
The embattled federation was still reeling from financial problems it inherited from disgraced former president Leonard Chuene’s administration.
ASA was stuck in a vicious circle as it was unable to secure a corporate sponsor until the federation’s books were in a healthier state.
Sponsorship and funds from the National Lottery could only be used for athletics projects and not for servicing outstanding debt.
In the 2011 findings from the disciplinary hearing of Chuene, vice-president Kakata Maponyane and executive member Simon Dlamini, it was revealed ASA had gone from being profitable to incurring a large debt.
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“The evidence shows, in effect, that from a positive bank balance of R500 000 in 2005, by the end of the financial year in 2008, ASA was in the red to the tune of R7 million,” advocate Norman Arendse, the chairman of the disciplinary inquiry panel, said at the time.
One of the options open to ASA was to sell the property they own in Houghton — which houses its head office — and move into more affordable premises.
However, board members were divided on the matter.
