Norman Arendse's comments are of particular interest. He was the president for some period while Gerald Majola was the CEO.

His submission mentioned that he did not know the salary and other information related to Majola.

It is incomprehensible that the president of the board could not get the information in some way, especially taking into account Arendse being a senior counsel as well as being, in his own words, "a labour law expert".

Should he not, as president at the time, have been the custodian of corporate governance of the board?

Arendse claims that his mission was to promote integration in sport, and especially in cricket.

It seems his mission was integration without development.

He further makes the claim that the country's sport bodies are dysfunctional because of politics in sport. I would submit that Arendse made a substantial contribution to just that.

He failed to mention that the Bakers Training Programme, among others, which functioned well, was abandoned and no similar programmes were introduced, also during his tenure.

I suggest that this country needs fewer armchair political guardians and more pragmatic officials to develop the vast resources lurking in townships and rural areas, which should include all races.