South Africa has new leaders

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ASA announces new board
Gia Nicolaides | 21 Hours Ago

Eight new board members for Athletics South Africa (ASA) have been voted in, with James Evans as the new chairperson.

The SA sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, Sascoc, which has been in control of ASA since November last year, called for elections for the new posts.

Fifty eight people were competing for positions.

After spending most of Saturday morning voting, the final decision has been made.

Alec Skosana, Blanche Moila, Arnaud Malherbe, Pieter Lourens, Willem Fourie, Motlatsi Keikabile, Geraldine Pillay and James Evans have been voted in as the new board members of Athletics South Africa.

The members have also selected Evans to be the new board chairperson.

Despite claims of smear campaign against Pillay who was implicated in doping allegations this week, the council found that she did not bring the council into disrepute.

The new members stood together and smiled for the camera, all determined to get the embattled federation back on track.

(Edited by Deshnee Subramany)

I NOTE WITH DELIGHT THAT EXTREME NUTTER, RICHARD STANDER, HAS FAILED TO WIN A PLACE ON THE BOARD. THERE MUST BE SOME HOPE YET THAT ATHLETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA CAN FULFIL IT’S POTENTIAL.

NOW THEY MUST GET RID OF HEAD COACH DR EKKART ARBEIT. THE SOUTH AFRICANS WERE WARNED ABOUT THIS GUY AND HE IS THE DUDE WHO ORDERED THE DODGY ACTOVEGIN BE INJECTED INTO GERALDINE PILLAY AND HE IS ALSO THE GUY WHO URGED THE DUMMIES AT THE TOP OF THE OLD ASA REGIME (CHUENE ET AL) TO THROW CASTER SEMENYA
TO THE WOLVES IN BERLIN, KLNOWING THIS INTERSEX ATHLETE WOULD COMPLETELY DOMINATE THE WOMEN’S 800 AND THEN SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE UNDER CLOSE AND INTRUSIVE PUBLIC SCRUTINY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE AT BEST, RIDICULED AT WORST. :mad:KK

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ASA elections ‘major victory’
Sep 20, 2010 | Ramatsiyi Moholoa | 0
Mon Sep 20 09:14:48 SAST 2010
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RETIRED South Africa runner Sam Mlangeni has described the election of Cape Town attorney James Evans as chairperson of Athletics South Africa as a major victory for athletes.

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Geraldine Pillay was also elected to the ASA board in spite of the media reports that she once used a banned substance in 2008 while she was still active.

Evans, who is also the president of Western Province Athletics, was elected at the ASA special general meeting in Kempton Park on Saturday.

Earlier on during the elections, Evans was first elected chairperson of track and field.

The positions of ASA president and two deputies were not contested because of the ongoing disciplinary hearing with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee.

ASA president Leonard Chuene and his deputies Kakata Maponyane and Simon Dlamini are challenging their suspensions by the Olympic body.

Mlangeni was all smiles after Hendrick Ramaala, Arnaud Malherbe and former ultra marathon runner Blanche Moila were elected.

“This is a major victory for athletes, there is now light at the end of the tunnel for the sport,” said Mlangeni, who works for Cosatu.

Aleck Skhosana is the new chairperson of the road running commission and Moila is leading the cross country commission. Pillay is the chairperson of the athletes’ commission.

Besides Ramaala and Malherbe, the other two additional members are Motlatsi Keikabile of North West North and Pieter Lourens of Boland.

University Sport South Africa’s Willien Fourie will sit on the board as a representative of the student body.

“We are delighted that justice has finally prevailed and athletics is now back in the hands of the people who have passion for it,” said Mlangeni.