Sport and Recreation Minister Thembelani "Thulas" Nxesi says commissions of inquiry into maladministration at Sascoc and into the deaths of two soccer fans at a preseason match at FNB Stadium are set to proceed despite initial delays. The two ministerial commissions of inquiry into safety and security at football matches‚ as overseen by the Premier Soccer League‚ and into issues of poor governance at Sascoc (the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee) were due to start this month. A press release from the Department of Sport and Recreation this week said pre-public hearings would be held from February 5, while formal public hearings would begin a week later, on February 12. Nxesi said the delays were due to "administrative hiccups" and the holiday break, but that initial preparations had already begun. "Some people have made submissions‚ and that’s the brief which they have given me." Nxesi said Judge Ronald Pillay was running the inquiry on safety, while Judge Ral...
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