Smith and Boucher to face hearing

Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher, two of South Africa’s most prominent cricket personalities, will face formal hearings into claims of racial discrimination, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday.

Smith is CSA’s director of cricket and Boucher is the head coach of the national team.

Both men will remain in their positions until the hearings, to be conducted by independent legal professionals, have been concluded.

Former Test stars Smith and Boucher, along with now-retired batsman AB de Villiers, were implicated in a report by Social Justice and National Building (SJN) ombudsman Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza of acting in a “prejudicial or discriminatory manner”. – TBP