Parliamentary Committee calls for arrests on missing BSA funds

McGluwa was addressing the Portfolio Committee meeting in Parliament in Cape Town yesterday, where the new BSA board made its first appearance.

He says it cannot be business as usual when BSA annual reports show irregular spending of R12 million over the years. McGluwa has given the Ministry and BSA 21 days to come back and report on who is going to be held responsible for this.

"I've heard nothing of the past and with due respect, with you being a former member, I heard nothing of the past, what happened and how it was dealt with the corruption issues,” McGluwa said.

“Who's in jail, who's going to jail? Who can we help? If we want to help, we would like to help you to send someone to jail. We will walk out of here as a committee with you to the police and open a docket.

“It's surprising that the department has never think about doing that but the department is putting money in, money in, money in, money in without any repercussions or accountability.

“We don't see anyone being acted against or on because we deal with oversight here, we ask questions on an entity, on monies that is just down the drain. Defecates of R12 million already, court cases in and out with monies allocated for development in sport."

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The meeting was attended by the BSA board, led by its Chairperson, Sifiso Shongwe, and officials from the department. It was later joined by Minister Gayton McKenzie, who accounts to the Portfolio Committee.

McGluwa says boxing in the country is not only in disarray but on its way to a crematorium.

"I've said it, for a number of reasons because going to the documents in front of us, Boxing South Africa is in a total mess. We should not deny that here today. It's actually not a mess, it's in ICU. I want to go further and say actually it's not in ICU, it is on its way to the crematorium that is how I see boxing,” he added.

“Speaking to people outside there, there are so many issues when you open the newspapers, Boxing South Africa is in the newspapers for all the wrong reasons."

On Wednesday morning, Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture Gayton McKenzie disbanded the Boxing South Africa (BSA) Board that has only been in office for three months.