ASA moves to suspend president James Moloi over alleged credit card abuse
Athletics
Athletics SA president James Moloi has been served with a notice of suspension.
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Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced their intention to suspend president James Moloi, based on the findings of a probe into alleged credit card abuses.
Moloi has been served with a letter calling on him to furnish reasons why he should not be suspended, failing which he will be automatically suspended, the federation revealed.
The decision was taken during a 10-hour closed ASA board meeting held at the OR Tambo Garden Court Hotel in Isando, Kempton Park, at the weekend. The meeting was convened to consider the official forensic report commissioned by SASCOC, the country’s Olympic governing body.
The report followed SASCOC’s probe into revelations made before the Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts and Culture regarding Moloi’s use of an ASA-issued credit card. The card was allegedly used to pay for personal expenses, including clothing, fast food and alcohol.
The ASA president had reportedly claimed at the time that these were legitimate expenses incurred in entertaining potential business partners.
After these revelations, Minister of Sport Gayton McKenzie instructed SASCOC to launch a full forensic investigation into ASA’s financial affairs.
“The ASA board has resolved to call upon president James Moloi to furnish reasons by October 31, 2025, as to why he should not be suspended following SASCOC’s probe report. The ASA disciplinary committee will be called upon to investigate whether any other official of ASA, including its acting chief executive officer and finance manager, ought to be subjected to any disciplinary proceedings concerning their role in the use of the said credit card,” read an ASA statement released on Monday.
“In the event of the president’s suspension, deputy president John Mathane will be appointed acting president until further notice.”
Moloi did not immediately respond to the latest developments, while ASA “resolved not to make any further public comments on this matter until internal processes have been concluded.”