Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that the “tentative findings” made by the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report regarding its Director of Cricket, Graeme Smith, will be the subject of agreed formal arbitration proceedings commencing on 7 March 2022.

The arbitration will take place before well-respected advocates Ngwako Maenetje SC and Michael Bishop, who have been jointly appointed by the parties. Both CSA and Mr Smith will be legally represented. The findings of the arbitrators will be made public.

Lawson Naidoo, Chair of the CSA Board, commented: “The use of formal arbitration proceedings to deal with these issues is in keeping with CSA’s commitment to deal with the SJN issues in a manner that treats them with utmost seriousness but also ensures fairness, due process and finality.”

David Becker, Mr Smith’s attorney, commented: “Graeme and his advisors have consistently voiced material concerns with the SJN process, in particular the “tentative findings’ made against him. He looks forward to demonstrating through this impartial process that these findings are without merit”.