The ICC has been given notice that South Africa's minister of sport, Nathi Mthethwa, intends to intervene in Cricket South Africa (CSA), after failing to see progress in the organisation's attempts to stabilise its governance. Mthethwa can act according to the country's National Sport and Recreation Act, which gives him the power to intervene "in any dispute, alleged mismanagement or other related matter that is likely to bring a sport into disrepute." Besides, if the federation does not comply with the ministerial directive, he has the power to take away funding and to no longer recognise them as a national federation. The minister has given CSA until October 27 to make a case to keep him out of their affairs.

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