adminCAPE TOWN. — South Africa Rugby has welcomed the appointment of Ilhaam Groenewald, its first female Executive Council member, along with the returning Monde Tabata as independent members of the Exco.
Groenewald and Tabata were elected last week and will attend their first meeting of the newly constituted Exco in Cape Town next week.
Groenewald succeeds Mputumi Damani as one of two independent members of the 12-person Executive Council.
At a parliamentary portfolio committee meeting back in April, government had scolded SA Rugby over the lack of female representation that existed in senior positions at the union.
“My passion is sport management and development so when I was asked if I was happy to have my name put forward, I had no hesitation,” said Groenewald. — AFP.
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