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/ 2 May 2008

Sascoc gets tough with Basketball SA

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) has dissolved the executive committee of Basketball South Africa (BSA) and appointed an interim committee. This follows allegations that Vusi Mgobhozi and Eric Nkosi — who were respectively president and treasurer of BSA until Sascoc’s move — are guilty of financial mismanagement.

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/ 25 April 2008

Basketball SA chiefs accused of embezzlement

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee will this weekend probe allegations of financial mismanagement at Basketball South Africa (BSA). The probe follows complaints by Gauteng basketball officials, who have accused the national federation’s president, Vusi Mgobhozi, and treasurer Eric Nkosi of turning BSA into their personal bank account.

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/ 20 February 2008

Soccer City on track for completion by May 2009

The Soccer City Stadium is 50% complete and will be finished in May next year, five months ahead of the Fifa deadline, Gauteng Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation minister Barbara Creecy said on Wednesday. An independent state of readiness audit had shown that the province was ”firmly on track” to meet its commitments for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.