In a letter addressed to the chairperson of the ICC board of directors, Greg Barclay, on 17 January 2024, the SAJBD argued that the removal of Teeger as captain constituted an unfair discrimination against a member of the Jewish community on the part of CSA. 

The Board urged the ICC to engage with CSA to ensure that Teeger be reinstated as captain.

Stripped of his captaincy by CSA on 12 January 2024 in a move attributed to security concerns but widely touted as antisemitic, Teeger’s plight immediately sparked worldwide condemnation. 

British television presenter and journalist Piers Morgan accused CSA of "shameful moral cowardice”, while local and international media began asking questions.

In a meeting CSA called with the SAJBD on 16 January 2024 to discuss allegations of antisemitism, SAJBD National Chairperson Professor Karen Milner highlighted that the organisation was unable to provide the state security report it initially said it had received, saying it was a briefing and not a report.

In response to the SAJBD’s argument that stripping Teeger of his captaincy but allowing him to remain on the field offered no security benefit, the CSA shifted the focus from Teeger’s safety to the safety of everybody else at the matches, according to Milner. 

"Every time we challenged them on the safety issue, they shifted the goalposts and that is why we understand this as deeply antisemitic," Milner said.

Meanwhile, SA Jewish Report  Chairperson Howard Sackstein said the CSA’s actions had alarming implications.

"Given the fact that the South African Jewish community and in fact every Jewish community is overwhelmingly Zionist, what they have really done is said that no South African Jew can ever represent South Africa in a leadership capacity,” Sackstein alluded.