Board acts on SASCOC findings following probe into credit card use

• ASA Board has resolved to call upon President James Moloi to furnish reasons by 31 October 2025 as to why he should not be suspended following SASCOC’s probe report.

• A disciplinary committee is to be mandated to investigate whether any action should be taken against any other official from ASA including its Acting CEO and Finance Manager.

• In the event of the president’s suspension, Deputy President John Mathane will be appointed Acting President until further notice.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has announced its intention to suspend its President, James Moloi, following a decision taken during a 10-hour closed ASA Board meeting held on Saturday, 25 October 2025 at the OR Tambo Garden Court Hotel in Isando, Kempton Park, Johannesburg. Moloi has been served with a letter calling upon him to furnish reasons why he should not be suspended, failing which his suspension will automatically follow.

The meeting, which began at 9am, was convened to consider the official forensic report procured by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), the country’s Olympic mother body. The report followed SASCOC’s probe into revelations made before the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts and Culture regarding the use of an ASA-issued credit card by Moloi.

After extensive deliberations, the ASA Board accepted the recommendations contained in the SASCOC report and resolved to:

1. Suspend James Moloi indefinitely after giving him an opportunity to furnish reasons why he should not be suspended;

2. The ASA Disciplinary Committee will be called upon to investigate whether any other official of ASA, including its Acting Chief Executive Officer and Finance Manager ought to be subjected to any disciplinary proceedings concerning their role in the use of the said credit card.

ASA has formally notified Moloi in writing of his suspension and has requested him to show cause why the suspension should not be confirmed, binding, or made permanent. In the absence of Moloi not providing any substantial reasons why he should not be suspended, and in the event of his suspension, the ASA Board has appointed John Mathane, the ASA Deputy President, as the Acting President of Athletics South Africa with immediate effect after the suspension takes effect.

EDITORS NOTE: Athletics South Africa has resolved not to make any further public comments on this matter until internal processes have been concluded. Furthermore, we regret that there will be no voice or video recordings that will be provided to broadcast media regarding this announcement.

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Athletics South Africa (ASA) is the national governing body for the sport of athletics (including Track and Field, Cross Country, Road Running and Race Walking) in South Africa, is a member of World Athletics and the Confederation of African Athletics. The association was formed in 1995 and is based in Johannesburg.