- South African Cricketers' Association chief executive officer Andrew Breetzke hoped that the postponement of the Cricket of Social Justice and Nation building hearings will shed more light on how the process will unfold.
- The hearings were supposed to start on Monday, but an announcement to postpone them was made on Sunday night.
- Breetzke also said victimisation was a concern for some of the players.
South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) chief executive officer Andrew Breetzke said the organisation hoped the postponement of the Cricket for Social Justice and Nation-building (SJN) hearings will bring more clarity to how the project will take place.
The hearings, which were set to start on Monday, were postponed after Cricket South Africa's interim board received a letter from the organisation's director of cricket Graeme Smith's lawyer, David Becker.
Becker wrote to the SJN ombudsman Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, questioning the legal framework of the hearings.
Breetzke said they have nothing to do with CSA's issues, but they have the responsibility of looking after the players' interests.
"We've put forward certain questions of what the players want out of this process. They revolve around how the process will unfold and confidentiality," Breetzke said.
"That is important to some players and also, what are the outcomes? We've also put forward certain questions and what we really want is the best interest of our members.
"We have nothing to do with CSA's issues. All we want is a process that is going to be fair and objective moving forward. If the postponement brings us to that point, then it's fine, but we need to get to that point."
Breetzke said they had sent forward correspondence to the SJN, but they hadn't received a response up until the postponement was announced on Sunday.
"We addressed correspondence to the SJN along procedural issues and that was from the players, with confidentiality, remedial action and how this will play out," Breetzke said.
"We had our own engagement with the SJN on those issues outside of what CSA may have had with their process."
Breetzke added that there was a mixed reaction from the players with regards to the SJN, but said victimisation is something that concerned the players.
"Some players are happy and some aren't, but that happens with these kinds of processes," Breetzke said.
"I'm unaware of which players may or may not have submitted, but we as an organisation have made a submission.
"Victimisation was one of the issues that was raised. It was a concern that the players raised and could arise from a process like this one."