The outgoing board of Boxing South Africa (BSA) has left the incoming board with a hot potato in the form of a case brought against the regulatory body by Mandla Ntlanganiso, the suspended director of operations.
The term of the outgoing board ends on Monday with the new board scheduled to take office on Tuesday, the same day Ntlanganiso’s case against BSA is going to be heard at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Ntlanganiso, who joined BSA as director of operations on January last year, took the boxing regulatory body to the CCMA after he was suspended four months ago.
“As for now, nothing has changed from my side. We are still going to the CCMA on Tuesday,” Ntlanganiso confirmed.
BSA has failed to charge Ntlanganiso despite him being suspended since 10 August. He has now been suspended for more than 120 days.
Clause 8.2(c) of the Labour Relations Act on precautionary suspension says: “If an employee is suspended or transferred as a precautionary measure, the employer must hold a disciplinary hearing within a month or 60 days, depending on the complexity of the matter and the length of the investigation. The chairperson of the hearing must decide on any further postponement.”
Ntlanganiso was suspended following a blunder, which was committed by BSA’s provincial manager in the Eastern Cape Phakamile Jacobs five months ago.
Jacobs’ failure to tally score cards correctly resulted in Melissa Miller being declared a winner during a South African female bantamweight title contest against current champion Sharadene Fortuin at the East London International Convention Centre (ICC) in July.
It then took BSA three days to change the initial outcome of the fight into a draw something which angered many boxing followers.
