Die Kaapse Forum wil hulself na die Hoogeregshof wend om \u2019n einde te bring aan Boland Rugby se Grootuitdaag-bekerkompetisie weens omkoopklagte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Kaapse Forum het besluit om gehoor te gee aan die versoek van ontevrede klubs deur regsadvies in te win oor die moontlikheid om die Bolandse Rugbyunie se Top 12-uitspeelrondes van sy Grootuitdaag-bekerkompetisie te staak. Die looitjie vir die uitspeelrondes is op Erfenisdag (24 September) in Wellington gehou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heindrich Wyngaard, uitvoerende voorsitter van die Kaapse Forum, s\u00ea die burgerregte-organisasie is genader deur klubs wat ontevrede is dat ondersoeke na bewerings van skeidsregter-omkopery nog nie afgehandel is nie. Die omkoopklagte hou verband met bewerings dat sommige skeidsregters glo betalings deur klubs \u2013 spesifiek in die Grootuitdaag-beker \u2013 ontvang om wedstryduitslae te be\u00efnvloed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEen van die klubs het herhaaldelik deur die seisoen aan die Bolandse Rugbyunie sowel as die president, Bennie van Rooi, geskryf,\u201d s\u00ea Wyngaard. \u201cHulle is verseker dat die sake hanteer word en ook, sowat \u2019n maand gelede, dat die ondersoekpaneel wat deur die unie aangestel is om die omkoopklagte te ondersoek, hulle sou kontak. Dit het egter nog nie gebeur nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Kaapse Forum self is voorheen deur \u2019n prokureursfirma in Kaapstad se noordelike voorstede genader om deel te wees van \u2019n ondersoek wat die firma namens SA Rugby sou doen. \u201cToe ons die afgelope week navraag oor die stand van sake gedoen het, is ons brief deur \u2019n verteenwoordiger van SA Rugby beantwoord. In di\u00e9 brief is die Kaapse Forum meegedeel dat SA Rugby een van die land se grootste regsfirms, ENSafrica, aangestel het \u2018om \u2019n onafhanklike ondersoek na wedstrydknoeiery-klagte te loods\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Wyngaard word hierdie stap deur SA Rugby verwelkom omdat die Kaapse Forum die eerste was wat aan Mark Alexander, president van SA Rugby, geskryf het en sy reaksie as \u201clauw\u201d ervaar het. \u201cOns het nou op skrif die versekering van SA Rugby dat die nasionale beheerliggaam saamstem met Kaapse Forum oor \u2018die ernstige aard van die bewerings\u2019 en ENSafrica aangestel het \u2018om \u2019n deeglike, onpartydige proses te lei in ooreenstemming met die toepaslike regs- en regulatoriese raamwerk\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Kaapse Forum stem egter saam met die ontevrede klubs dat die Top 12-uitspeelrondes nie kan voortgaan terwyl ondersoeke na beweerde omkopery nog aan die gang is nie, en dat skeidsregters uit dieselfde Grootuitdaag-groep nie aangestel kan word om di\u00e9 wedstryde te lei nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het daarom besluit om regsadvies in te win oor die haalbaarheid van \u2019n Hoogeregshofaansoek om \u2019n interdik te bekom vir die tydelike uitstel van die kompetisie totdat die ondersoeke afgehandel is,\u201d s\u00ea Wyngaard. \u201cAs dit nie gebeur nie, beteken dit dat klubs wat moontlik benadeel is en dus nie vir die Top 12-uitspeelrondes gekwalifiseer het nie, die groot verloorders is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaar ons wil dit baie duidelik stel dat Kaapse Forum nie hierdie opsie ligtelik oorweeg nie omdat ons nie ons gemeenskappe van hul rugbygenot wil ontneem nie. Ons sal dus \u2019n finale besluit neem nadat alle faktore oorweeg is. Die feit is egter dat, indien daar bewyse van wedstrydknoeiery bestaan, dit \u2019n klap in die gesig is vir mense wat hul swaarverdiende geld betaal om hekke toe te gaan en saam te reis om hul spanne te ondersteun \u2013 net om dan te beleef, soos beweer word, dat die uitslag vooraf deur bruin koevertjies en \u2018gratis\u2019 hotelverblyf vir skeidsregters bepaal is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Kaapse Forum s\u00ea dit het ook aan die lig gekom dat klubvoorsitters se steun tydens \u2019n onlangse spesiale vergadering moontlik op onregmatige wyse verkry is vir \u2019n \u201cmandaat\u201d aan Bennie van Rooi, president van Boland, dat die kompetisie moet voortgaan en dat hy voortaan slegs met klubs sou kommunikeer. \u201cOm s\u00f3 \u2019n mandaat van klubs te verkry, moes klubbesture vooraf ingelig word oor die saak waaroor gestem sou word. Hulle wys dan die voorsitter of \u2019n ander klubverteenwoordiger af om by die vergadering namens die bestuur se besluit ten gunste van of teen die saak te stem,\u201d s\u00ea Wyngaard, wat self voorheen voorsitter van Caledon -rugbyklub was en vertroud is met Boland se vergaderingsprosesse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea: \u201cDie Kaapse Forum is meegedeel dat wat tydens die vergadering gebeur het, was dat daar kortliks gesels is oor die vraag of die Top 12-kompetisie moet voortgaan en ook oor die ondersoeke na omkopery. Skaars \u2019n handjievol van die meer as 200 klubvoorsitters het glo deelgeneem aan die gesprek en ander het in privaat gekla, maar geen stemming is gehou nie. Van Rooi het die gespanne atmosfeer ge\u00efnterpreteer as \u2019n aanduiding dat die klubs die kompetisie wil voortsit. Hy het dit s\u00f3 in die vergadering aangekondig. Ek weet egter uit my eie ervaring van die kultuur van vrees en viktimisasie waaraan klubs in Boland onderwerp word, en dat jy nie maklik openlike verset in daardie omstandighede sal kry nie. Die oorlewing van klubs hang dikwels van Boland se goeie gesindheid af.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Rooi het daarna by \u2019n mediakonferensie aangekondig dat die klubs hom \u2019n \u201cmassiewe mandaat\u201d gegee het om met die kompetisie voort te gaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Kaapse Forum het by die saak betrokke geraak omdat die organisasie ontwikkelingswerk doen in gemeenskappe waar die Boland-klubs gele\u00eb is. Die organisasie het ook op tye skenkings aan die unie en klubs gemaak. \u201cMense in daardie gemeenskappe bel\u00ea baie tyd en geld in hul geliefde sport. Hulle gaan op Saterdae veld toe met die verwagting dat wedstryde regverdig deur skeidsregters beoordeel sal word. Wanneer uitslae vooraf bepaal word, word hulle en hul klubs van \u2019n regverdige uitslag beroof,\u201d s\u00ea Wyngaard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Kaapse Forum glo dat die kompetisie nie kan voortgaan terwyl \u2019n donker wolk daaroor hang nie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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