Madikizela-Mandela, an MP for the African National Congress, said: "I am disgusted at what has happened and Chuene should be censured.

"But we must continue to support Caster - she is the innocent person in all of this."

The South African media have been unanimous in calling for the dismissal of Chuene.

Editorials in The Star, the Pretoria News, The Sowetan and The Times were unanimous this morning that Chuene must go.

But Chuene does continue to receive support from the National Assembly's Sports Committee chairperson Butana Komphela, who has criticised Deputy Sports Minister Gert Oosthuizen for calling for his dismissal.
 

Komphela alleges that Chuene had failed to co-operate with Oosthuizen or given him a report on the entire affair, was because his office had allegedly leaked sensitive information before.

This relates to a letter that was allegedly leaked after a private conversation between the two men over Chuene's alleged affair with his personal assistant.

It has also been claimed that Chuene had offered to resign, but was told "he was not going anywhere" by the Board of the ASA at a meeting on Saturday.

Ten of the 11 Board members attended the meeting.

A spokesman for ASA said: "We know that there have been some problems between the Deputy Sports Minister and Chuene which should have been sorted out a long time ago.

"It is not surprising to hear the Deputy Minster calling on us [the Board] to fire the President."


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