22-04-2025
Final audit still not ready nearly two years after 2023 Netball World Cup
The 2023 Netball World Cup (NWC) board came under fire in parliament on Tuesday morning for failing to complete its financial audit nearly two years after the showpiece in Cape Town.
The government invested R90m into the showpiece, staged from July 28 to August 6 2023, deputy sport, arts and culture (DSAC) minister Peace Mabe told the portfolio committee, adding it was unacceptable the close-out report wasn't completed.
Mabe explained the audit had been delayed because of staff issues and that some equipment had become unavailable after the departure of staff.
When NWC board chair Patience Shikwambana explained there had been challenges, such as extending the contracts of four staff members, including CFO Thabang Moses, portfolio committee chairman Joe McGluwa jumped in.
He asked if this was the same Thabang Moses who had been fired by Boxing South Africa.
Moses left the professional boxing regulator under a cloud amid allegations of corruption for which a boxing promoter was suspended.
