The membership of the South African Rugby Union will soon make a key decision about the company's financial future.
'Private investment has taken place in several of our member unions and is commonplace in global sport.'It is crunch time for the South African Rugby Union who are considering their financial future.
If the proposal receives a 75 percent majority of the voting membership, it will trigger the conclusion of an agreement for a private equity company to invest into a newly established company to hold the commercial rights of SA Rugby. “We are very pleased to have arrived at this point and believe we will be able to table an offer to our members that makes commercial and business sense,” said Rian Oberholzer, the CEO of SA Rugby.
“Private investment will bring financial security as well as the capital investment and global experience and networks to enhance how we communicate, how we do things and how we interact with our stakeholders.”A series of information sessions have already been held with members and Oberholzer said that a series of visits to member unions would be undertaken before 17 October to further explain any areas of uncertainty.
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