'It’s not an easy task but not difficult at the same time. This is because it’s not about me but trying to sort out the problems that have been there' ~ Aleck Skhosana, interim president of Sascoc, on his first few weeks at the embattled sports body
This is how Aleck Skhosana reflected over the few weeks he has been in charge of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee since he was installed as the interim president on April 15.“We came in when there is a dispute and the postponement of the Olympic Games put ice on other programmes. But there is progress that has been made,” Skhosana told City Press.
“Since the adoption of the amended constitution in January, the IOC [International Olympic Committee] has also come back to us with a few items that they want us to further incorporate. The national sports umbrella body was a subject of criticism during a joint sitting of Parliament’s sports portfolio committee on Wednesday, particularly on Sascoc having not yet held its quadrennial meeting to elect a new leadership.Sascoc has been without a permanent leader since Gideon Sam stepped down in December as he had reached 70, which is a cut-off age to occupy a seat on the Sascoc board.
Skhosana said given the huge number of the Sascoc membership, they could only monitor the conditions around Covid-19 and wait for the government to give the green light for the elective conference.
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