SA Rugby have stuck to their guns and defended the decision not to suspend CEO Jurie Roux despite an arbitrator having found he misappropriated funds from Stellenbosch University during his time with the institution's finance department.
Roux lost an appeal in December against an arbitration ruling that ordered him to pay the university R37m.
This week the SA Rugby Union advised that a review of the outcome of the appeal into the arbitration hearing between Roux and Stellenbosch University remains ongoing in theSA Rugby made a virtual presentation to parliament’s portfolio committee on sports, arts and culture on Wednesday to account for the organisation’s operations.
“Mr Roux was employed by Saru in 2010 as CEO and at that point there were no allegations against him,” Alexander told the committee.“We then approached a legal mind at the Cape Bar for an opinion regarding the proposed suspension of the CEO and the response was that it would be premature to suspend the employee [Roux].”
“In 2016 again there was a lot of noise around the matter and we engaged our legal company for another opinion and we continue to work until the case is resolved.“In 2019 the executive extended Mr Roux's contract by another four years. In 2020 it was agreed that we would proceed with arbitration, which started in early 2020.”
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