Former Proteas assistant coach Enoch Nkwe is reportedly furious about how he has been dragged into CSA’s disciplinary case against head coach Mark Boucher.
According to Rapport newspaper, Nkwe sent a letter to CSA board chairman Lawson Naidoo in which he expressed his dissatisfaction after CSA lawyer Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr had sent a letter to Nkwe that asked him for a meeting.
CSA wants Nkwe, who resigned as Proteas assistant coach in August last year, to appear as a witness during Boucher’s disciplinary hearing in May.
Boucher has been charged with “gross misconduct” by CSA following allegations of racism made against him by former teammate Paul Adams during last year’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings.
Nkwe’s resignation will also be addressed during Boucher’s disciplinary hearing. Nkwe claimed he had been “undermined” and reduced to being a “cones boy” in a “toxic working environment”.
However, Nkwe told Sport24 earlier this week that the matter has become an issue of “Nkwe vs Boucher” and that it is rather a “CSA vs Boucher” issue.
Rapport understands that Nkwe never wanted anyone’s job to be jeopardised due to his resignation and that the problems between him and Boucher were mainly because of different coaching philosophies.
The issues surrounding team culture that Nkwe raised with the CSA members’ council have been addressed by the Proteas and the fact that his input has resulted in a better team atmosphere is reportedly enough for him.
If Nkwe decides not to testify at Boucher’s hearing, it will damage CSA’s case, as several charges against Boucher stem from Nkwe’s interview with the council following his resignation.
Adams has also yet to confirm whether he will testify.
