Chuene apologises for lying about Semenya tests

Don't apologise ... resign. You're a disgrace to the entire nation! Not only for your blatant deception but for your verbal attack and claims of racism after the news broke. And now you tell us you only ever had Caster Semenya's interest at heart ... MORE LIES!!

I hope the ANC, especially Winnie and Malema are feeling suitably embarassed about screaming racism against the world, when as usual it was our stuffup. Maybe its time to keep quiet what do you say.

Resign Chuene, and apologise to Caster for all the pain you have caused her.

This man has shown himself totally unsuited for the position he occupies. He has not protected Caster and he has lied to the nation. I hope that he is sacked (as he wont resign) and is not simply "re-deployed"....South Africa doesn't need this man.

Chuene needs to resign. Many Australians supported SA in its struggle against apartheid, but are disturbed by the cronyism, lies and accusations of racism against other countries, due to oure stuff ups by South Africa.

With the World Cup Soccer coming up next year I am re considering my plans to attend as I do not want my hard earned money going to people who support poor governace and who themselves are racist.

Mr Chuene, the outside world has defo seen right thru you. Without any credibility you stand no chance, nobody believes you and rest assured, when your face pops up, people think you are a foolish, childish idiot. You will survive and do well no doubt, thats just how life is. but a fool you will always remain. sometimes funny, sometimes pityful, just a fool.

Winnie and Malema are known for speaking before they think. Not a whisper of apology to Caster herself. Its time we stopped screaming 'race' - female athletes are slower because they lack enough testosterone - if that were not the case they would not separate men and women from competing against each other. Of course women athletes need protection thus gender testing is the only way. Shame on Chuene. Lying is wrong. Loud lies bring loud trouble. Poor Caster, she need support and encouragement. I agree with Rev Meshoe of ACDP, it does not detract from who she is, her personhood.

Consider the role of the medical doctor, Adams. He indeed carries the final responsibility (I can understand that Chuene found it difficult to withdraw Caster without medical proof, not his racist calls afterwards.)
But the medical doctor was the one who broke the medical rules by allowing a patient under his care to undergo a test of which the meaning was not explained to her, or if she was under-aged, to her legal guardian/parents. No medical doctor has the legal right to mislead a patient about treatment given or tests done.
Surely there will be legal implications for the doctor in terms or his future right to practice?

Has any SA public official /ever/ resigned voluntarily when proved to have messed up?

It seems that the Euro-centric notion of redeeming some honour and dignity by resigning simply does not exist in our country.

Oops, wait---there was one such person: Carl Nieuhaus. (Was it voluntary?) And then the ANC redeployed him.

Same old litany, heard so often it has become a fixture of life.
I apologise unreservedly ... but I don't apologise for protecting ... etc etc etc
It is no substitute for accountability and does not excuse not doing a job properly and honestly.

So that Sithole bloke is not going to start the third world war then?...! Far out, it seems that South Africa is being run by 12 year olds...Time to grow up. Seriously.

This is being reported in the Times of London and CNN and probably around the world. Talk about dragging the South African name through the mud. The arrogance of these redeployed ANC cadres is breathtaking. They knew all along but cared for one thing only, their own reputations. One thing we can can be sure of, the ANC loyalists will rush to the defence of these incompetents with lame excuses. What a bunch of racists.

One Word to Chuene - RESIGN NOW WITH YOUR ENTIRE BOARD!!!

Second word to Caster - I apologise to you for the incompetence of ASA (although I have nothing to do with them) and hope that you will find a way around this mess to live your life going forward - go for it girl as you are the only one who can shape the way forward for yourself - THE VERY BEST OF GOOD LUCK

Our Zim experience has taught us to spot a web of lies from miles off. Welcome to the world of politics because in our governments' thinking everything is politics and everything is about race. Why would people believe Chuene that the doctor had not explained to the athlete the purpose of the tests? Chuene is still not take responsibility but shifts the blame onto the doctor to say he should have advised the athlete to withdraw. That is not the doctor's job. He gives professional advice as team doctor and it is the ones who draw up the team who should make this decision based on the available information. Even if it were verbal, which I do not believe for a second, the fact that there was a hint of something that might compromise the credibility of the athlete's performance on such big a stage should have merited serious consideration. I said it from the beginning that they went for glory while sacrificing this girl and then they successfully whipped a substantial number of South Africans into frenzy by throwing in the emotive issue of racism. The disgraceful response from SA could not have on a bigger stage. I doubt the Madikizela-Mandelas and Malemas will ever learn their lesson because it is so easy to shift people's focus from the incompetence and corrupt practices of the current leadership and officials by claiming racism. Let that be a lesson for the future and refuse to be used by these nefarious political animals.

Chuene resign? You are such an ingenue! He will now be PROMOTED. Closer and closer to a banana republic.

Oh Leo you clunk. If you have a shred of decency left in you please just resign. It is only appropriate that you also apologise to the Caster and her family. It will take you a lifetime of apologies. While we are at it, those who defended Chuene through his previous scandals must surely hang their heads in shame. Those who ensured that we must have Chuene by "hook or crook".

If surely Chuene was worried about the unfairness to Caster of IAAF rules he could have gone the Pistorius route. But he did not. The man is a sleazeball who must be accompanied from the office to infamous oblivion without even collecting his personal things.

Julius, Winnie, etc I do not know what to say. For pete's sake we have become the laughing stock of the world.

Caster your country apologises to you for failing to remove this guy when we had the opportunity. We pray all will turn out well.

Liar Liar Pants on Fire! Still trying to shift responsibility for the entire mess.... resign you piece of sh*t!

So he's quite prepared to incite race hatred, he's quite prepared to lie to the country, he quite prepare to willingly blame others, but MUCH more importantly he's prepared to send out an innocent young person to get scarred for LIFE. Oh, but was 'protecting' her.

What a vile, VILE, disgusting man. If he had a shred of honor, he would resign.

He must be made to depart with complete loss of all perks and his present real pension paid out and taxed - he knew he was lying; he insulted each and every one of us. He must pay and pay such that he and the rest understand that liars are the scourge of any trust-based society and we need them not at all.

Pathetic liars, unethical doctors, oportunistic polititians and pseudo vip's, enjoy your cars, houses, salaries and perks while they last. They may come and go but the shitty image you have now will stay with you forever. It's always been like that and it's not changing. No one will trust you dorks again. The shameful part is that the country is taking a media battering all over the world. For that alone you should hang your heads in shame but I trust you lot do not care much.

Shouldn't the government be baying for this guy's blood?
He lied, through his teeth, leading to them embarassing themselves in the eyes of the world. Surely they must want to be rid of him?

Agree with Louise Cook about the role of the doc. If there wasn't informed consent he should explain why not.

A trail of lies deception and destruction. Leonard Chuene is a disgrace. The digusting manner in which he went about trying to cover up his tracks by playing the race card and the damage he has done to Caster Semenya is unforgivable. He must resign for the ASA indeed South Africa to restore any form of credibility.

The worst is yet to come. In the light of the latest revelations it is apparent that ASA knew about, or at the very least were aware about Semenya's gender status before the 800m final. Even if there was doubt the proper course of action would have been to withdraw her from the race and finalize the gender verification. The IAAF can use these facts and strip her of the gold medal.

It's not up to the IAAF to prove that there is doubt about an athlete's gender. They call for verification if they have their own doubts or an objection is raised by other particpating countries. It is the responsibility of ASA to screen the athlete before entering them into a competition. On the basis of ASA's prior knowledge about Semenya's gender it can be argued that ASA attempted to deceive the IAAF when she took part in in the 800m event. That is cheating. That means disqualification. ASA is responsible for the debacle. Don't come with this rubbish about the onus being on the athlete to withdraw.

hey where is moxter? are you not aware of all the facts yet? or are you still waiting for the facts to present themself, i think you said you would hold judgement until the truth was out? anything to say yet?

Interesting there is some missing names in these comment pages from the usual arse lickers. They must really be beyond themselves with embarrassment.

If anybody has been reading my previous comments since this debacle started,I mentioned that ASA was fibbing to the country and the world.No chickens come home to roost.IF HE IS NOT GOING TO RESIGN.FIRE HIS ARSE.I guess he has run out of white men or countries to call racist.Looks like he has Adams to blame.Lying seems to be the ANC culture or teachings.If anything goes wrong,lie,lie and lie.If lying fails blame the whites,Australia,IAAF.Cadre deployment how will they ever learn.
The next demonstration we gonna have is to the ASA offices with banners held up;FIRE CHUENE,fire ASA..........

Carl Lewis told you who was to blame with this Caster's affairs and he was demonized by many blacks in SA. He was called a racist and now the truth has come out where the blame should have been placed.
I can't understand why so much value is put on winning fake gold medals in SA. This was nothing but a track meet and nothing else and should be viewed as that.

Chuene has NO credibility. He also does not have a conscience.

This is the same Leonard Chuene who was accussed of having an affair with a women, 34 years his junior. Chuene denied the affair and got away with it.

This time he gets caught lying again and is unable to deny the facts.

What tells that Chuene thought he would get away with lying again.?

Chuene resigns for lying about Semenya tests.Would have been a good headline.
If Chuene refused to acknowledge the test results done in South Africa,what was Adams supposed to do?It's always the white man taking the blame.

i am over my anger, i am not sure about my feelings toward the athlete involved, but the fool Chuene, wow, now my anger has gone i am in stiches, this guy is funny. narssistic guy, what torture to be Mr Chuene.

Chuene is not sorry but just caught with his pants in his ankles. There is just too much overwhelming evidence against him that he never thought would be come out. Now that Adams came out he admits. If he was sorry he would have not waited until the evidence was exposed to the public. Caster became the rope Chuene's career as a CEO of ASA hung on in that Gold was certain compared other athletes. Caster became a Pawn through which Chuene played his career chess game on her expense. How selfish can people be by using an innocent lady for their selfish reasons in the name of "am protecting her". Human beings are generally Corrupt to the Core...

Controversy....yum! Pity Caster gets to suffer the most from all of this.

@James, he and the ASA are set to answer for themselves next week(I think) to parliament. Lets see what happens next

Personnaly I am quite relieved that South Africa comes a bit closer to the truth. The chauvinism combined with racism of too many - even prominent - South Africans was almost unbearable. Since I read some years ago that ASA engaged that ex-GDR expert, I was convinced that a scandal involving South African athletics was about to happen any time. No reason for gloating. Harm is done to a young talented athlete. South Africans in general must feel embarrassed on the international stage. Hopefully, the important lessons will be learned by all responsible parties.

"As president of ASA I will not, however, apologise for allowing caster Semenya to run or for protecting her privacy."
Urm. you idiot, isn't this exactly what you should apologise for? By allowing her to run, knowing what you did, you allowed her privacy to be invaded.


"we at ASA believe we acted in the best interests of the athlete," he said." Sweet jesus, are you retarded chuene? you've practically destroyed a young athlete, you've embarrassed the country, and worst of all, you arrogant belligerent numpty, you've only apologised now that you have been caught out in your lies.
please do the world a favour and quit. i can only hope that whoever your political connections who got you this role are so disgusted with your rank arrogant stupidity that they cast you out into the wilderness.
twat.

Leonard I have registered you in my book as another liar,don't worry you have many friends.

Turd floats............

this is the same gentleman who was accused of screwing his young PA,bumping up her salary, lavishing expensive gifts on her on ASA's expense

I can't see why we're witch-hunting Chuene. The issue is simple - Caster Semenya experienced gender and racial discrimination at the hands of the IAAF not Chuene. Chuene was right not to withdraw her in fear of the IAAF's conservatism. It is the IAAF's racism, sexism, and homophobia to boot, that needs to be withdrawn. This is not 1948 or 1905, when gender was perceived to be fixed both in scripture and natural science. The boundaries that define masculinity and femininity are blurred these days, and it is Just that this should be so. What we need is a stepped up campaign to get the IAAF to overhaul its backward notions of gender. Leave Chuene alone.

Dr Helord Adams and the so called the expects at the Labs were such tests are being performed, I don't know if you lot think that you are any clever than nature.if Mokgadi was supposed to have been remove from the athltes that took part in the olympics at Berlin,then so shouild have been the case with Jarmali kra "something i can't write" from Germany.

I just want to fine out just how far true are your tests that goes beyond nature.you might as well do some tests on her parents and the doctors at the hospital she was born as well while you are at it since they certified her tobe female.

My understanding is that one can be considered to have an unfair advantage on the other only if s/he took a chemical of some sort to enhance performance,but the natural God given can't be considered to be,

And why did you bring racism into it, you despicable scumbag?

Trotsky Trotsky - You talking rhino, you should try and sue the person that dropped you on the head when you were born.

No need to apologise, we expected this. Heck she won the medal so what is the fuss.

I don't think the IAAF will have too much trouble with the UN after this. The South Africans were cheating by fielding an ineligible athlete and got caught. They compounded it with lies and racist slurs. You can't approach a court or tribunal without clean hands and expect justice.

i feel violated as woman in south africa so u must live Caster alone,if u wanted to do gender test they should have done it on banyana banyana first.Just because Caster is an AFRICAN WOMAN to win this competition now they do a gender test. So Caster made us proud by winning the medal,u go girl keep on inspiring other girls like u. (Proudly South African lady MPHO)

I can't believe that retard Chuene is still around. If he does'nt walk on his own, he should be kicked and along with him should go the world war III warmonger Stofile.

I am with V3. Chuene - what a twat, and Trotsky a close second.

@Etienne mokwana. You have the logic of a cockroach. Now we know why Africa is so backward. Try getting an education before making some comments. Grade two might be a good starting point.

James Schabort, key questions remain beyond Chuene admission; as we said, the role of the doctor (who happens to be Zuma's physician)on the issue of informed consent, government's written complaint to the UN about the International Athletics Association on a gender issue(ASA is blaming the international body for the fiasco and government has even approached the UN), the identity of the press leak at the International Athletics Association, ASA's alleged request for money for Semenya to appear on the Oprah show.
But most amusing are the counter-racial slants about "darkies" now emerging from comments after Chuene confessed.
Wow guys, you just can't raise above skin colour, can you?
Ok, ok - only "darkies" lie - you all are perfect. Go collect your Noddy Badge!

I think the only decent thing this lying scumbag can do is resigning - hope there is still some shred of decency left in him. As for Malema(the retarded one) and his faction shame on you. ASA has proven once again that is being headed by bunch of cretins.

Evans Mazi, yes, it was a good try by Chuene and ASA - white man taking the blame. Doesn't look like it worked.
On the other hand, also stupid for whites to pull the "darkie" card when Chuene confesses - after all, what skin colour is Arthur Brown?

@ Etienne what are you on about boet, cause really non of us so far understand what you are trying to say. Please before commenting make sure you do understanding what you are on about. Its the likes of you and Chuene that keep on taking this country backward. Get some education please - I really agree with Les.

Doesn't matter if it's brown or chuene. the point is - we have damaged someone and the whole world is watching.

we are honourable people, and we forget sometimes.

yes, we must punish. but we must also fix.

'Bloody liars and other cock and bull stories ...

@Louise Cook. Perhaps you are missing the main criteria. ASA has a primary responsibility to look after the interests of the Athletes and to maintain proper ethics with regard to their participation under the auspices, rules and code of conduct within the IAAF charter.

Whether consent was given or not it is irrelevant to the main crux of the matter. ASA fielded an athlete in which there were doubts about the gender. The fact that there were some medical grounds (regardless of how they were obtained) makes the matter worse. ASA's proper and best course of action would have been to withdraw the athlete pending a full and proper investigation. This suggestion for the withdrawal was made by the medical doctor (evidently on the grounds of the gender question) which Chuene to chose to ignore in pursuit of a medal. And now we are witnessing the consequences of that decision.

There is no evidence that IAAF leaked any information. It is quite possible that the Australian press were speculating with regard to Semenya's condition. Taking a pot shot if you like. Sensationalism is what sells newspapers. To date the IAAF (correctly) declined to confirm or deny anything that has been published. It is a private and confidential matter. The IAAF cannot be held accountable for the conjecture and speculation of the media. So the SA government may just be barking up the wrong tree and also end up with egg splattered all over their faces. How do they prove that the IAAF are to blame for the debacle that ASA initiated in the first place?

The onus is upon ASA to properly screen athletes prior to entering them into competition. That is their job. It's not the IAAF's job to act as policeman. They will act accordingly when suspicions are raised (as is the case with Semenya) or when objections are forwarded by other athletics bodies or countries.

The bottom line is that ASA screwed up big time.

Racist slurs will not appease what Caster has gone through this is not the question of Chuene lying but the principle thing is that an innocent girl has been pawn by the country atletics castodians in exchange for a gold medal.

We can redicule Chuene all we want but the reality is that the biggest victim in all of this is Caster and for once as South Africans can we just comment about issues without bordering on racial lines? but I doubt that we are capable of such.

My biggest sympathy goes to Caster and her family for being played like this and pray that her parents will find solace in nowing that they got pregnant with a lovely God given daughter and irrespective of what the world says about her she is a GIRL in the eyes of the Lord.

Lastly God created Adam and Eve and caster falls on the (Eve) side and end of story or FINISH AND KLAAR in the words of Jackie Sello Selebi.

The whole world can now rejoice and give thanks and praise to Leonard Chuene. Because of him admitting to lying, the imminent Third World War, as advocated by Stofile, has now been averted.

Thank you Lenny, South Africa owes you an immense debt of gratitude.

Fuck these ANC cocksuckers, all they do is scream racism, and then when they're wrong and proven so no-one gives a fuck and continues to support the regime of and lies theft. The ANC will drain this country until it is dead. None of our pathetic citizens will ever realize this until it is too late. Fuck the ANC for killing us all.

Some sanity at last (and I don't lie! 8-) :

"The Ministry of Sport has demanded that Athletics South Africa fire its president, Leonard Chuene, for his handling of the Caster Semenya saga.

In a damning press release the Deputy Minister of Sport Gert Oosthuizen accused Chuene of making the pressure on Semenya worse.

Here is the full statement:

The Ministry of Sport and Recreation SA has noted with shock, Athletics South Africa's (ASA) President, Mr Leonard Chuene's admission to lying about his knowledge of the testing of Ms Mokgadi Semenya, prior to her departure for Berlin.

We have on two occasions requested a report from Mr Chuene, on what happened prior, during and after Berlin, and we still have not received it. After observing his acknowledgement, we are not surprised by his lack of response to our request. Mr Chuene has not only lied to us as the Ministry, but to the whole country, and this is not acceptable.

Last week, the ASA Council adopted resolutions, some of which pertained to the World Championships in Berlin, based on a lie.

We are convinced that the perpetual denial of the knowledge of these tests have fuelled the continuous violation of Ms Semenya's rights and dignity, by foreign and some local media. We do not agree with Mr Chuene?s insistence that he lied in Ms Semenya's interest, in fact were are of the view that his lies were to Ms Semenya's detriment.

In light of this, we now request the membership of ASA to not only take disciplinary action against Mr Chuene, but to fire him from his position as the president of ASA. If they fail to do so, they will be running the risk of being led by a liar.

We are saddened that Mr Chuene took no one in his confidence, and we urge ASA to get their house in order, and act in the best interest of sport.

# Issued by: Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA)
Mr Gert C Oosthuizen
Deputy Minister of Sport"

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=4&art_id=iol12533922221C521

As a mother and a parent I am angry and disgusted at the indecency and the absolute pathetic that the Chuene Mfene character is..how can he bring this beautiful country into disrepute and in the process destry Mokgadi life with his lies, and now has the decency to say he apologises for lying. Mind you Mokgadi is writing exams, what must she be going thru now..WHAT ABOUT HER..from th start all the stories were never abt her and her well being..did Chuene even go to Mokgadi and her parents to apologise first before the media conference today, did he even think abt the consequences of all this. He clearly took advantage of this poor rural girl who does not have sophisticated parents that will take him on. She comes from humble beginnings in the rural area, she is unique and has unique talent, and unfortunately Chuene and his cronies in ASA allowed her dignity to be a matter of global public opinion and judgement. I appeal to our President, we need decisive leadership on this, leadership that will fire Chuene and his whole contingent and overhaul our athletics..for sake of this sports loving country

Chuene & Adams: You did not do anything wrong. As always, you have done NOTHING. You have only sat in your circles in VIP areas at athletics meeting upon athletics meeting and drank bottles Johnny Walker Blue Label Whisky. You won't resign, but we consider you fired.
I'm out of here.

Apologise for lying about the tests?

How about apologising for your anti-white hate speech?

Resign. We expect nothing less.

This one the most read, if not no 1, stories on a number of top global news sites. Luckily they don't mention World War III. At least - and at last - a pin prick of light shines from the government: "The Ministry of Sport has demanded that Athletics South Africa fire its president, Leonard Chuene, for his handling of the Caster Semenya saga.

In a damning press release the Deputy Minister of Sport Gert Oosthuizen accused Chuene of making the pressure on Semenya worse. " Full statement at http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=4&art_id=iol12533922221C521

However he should ask for quite a few more resignations.

South Africa STOLE a gold medal at the World Championships. To all those who cried racism on the part of Australia and the world - SHAME on you and your country. Start the third world war if you will, it will be a short and lonely battle perhaps you will be joined by the might of Zim. Two tinpot dictatorships together.

Those who are governed by fools ARE fools. I encourage the minority of people with intelligence (see most above) to not let your pitiful govenrment off the hook. Your country is an international joke, it is for you to change this.

people of South Africa - please please lets stop all this nonsense, firstly the whole blander is bacause of two people both black and white (the race issue its a global thing even america with its puppet president, has still not resolved it), secondly its a gender issue which as always and for ever it will be a problem "why" cause we men still even in 2009 still think women are inferior and Casters perfomance must have awaken the sentiments from the traditional white racist and sexist IAAF men.

but then this letter is written to all the bitter white south african - who have always been on a receiving too please stop please stop with your haterd otherwise follow your brothers and sister, mothers and fathers to australia go there where you will be able to racist and really no one will stand up to your sh..... I really pity the aborages there cause you must be importing your sinister ways!!

but then the issue where is that moegoe from ASA firstly I faill to understand why he he lied, but I support his move to let caster to run cause really now she is a girl after all, I would hope that the is an inteligent black or white agent whether he or she is local or international it makes no matter, just represent caster take care of her interest and help her sue The white DR, help her sue the black ASA, help her sue the international IAAF, and let her talk to the popular Ophrah who is adored by very smart people who are rarely racist, seldomly judge against gender.

and this letter is chalked by a black man using a white laptop, in a free country which is somehow better than the one which was lead by a minority "believe me they where very selfish, they kept the better places for themselvves, most of the police and municipal workers served only them" let them go let them leave the Banana republic and go to sin City!!! and that Australia for your info IAM OUT

..what a cockup ..yet again !! When will our electrate learn that Chuene and the ANC..are all a bag of lying scumbags who will protect each other,whatever the cost. Fire the lot !!

How about replacing Chuene with Carl Niehaus - after all he has massive experiences in many areas and was an executive director of the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders.

His experience fits right in with this position as he was also the joint chairman of the Home for all initiative, you know, the campaign by white activists to apologise for apartheid.

Of course, in February 2009 Niehaus stepped down as spokesman for the ANC after a newspaper reported on a "broad trail of bad debt and broken promises" stemming from his personal financial mismanagement, including one instance of possible fraud. Niehaus also confessed to most of the allegations against him in the same article and I do not think he has used the race card - has he............?

Trotsky,
If someone talks like an idiot, behaves like an idiot then admits he lies like an idiot, he quite probably is an idiot.

And only an idiot would support him.

But then of course, given that, I wouldn't expect you to understand it.

As an outsider looking in, I'm not going to comment on the politics of this sorry case, but is this Chuene guy for real? He's duped the folk of SA, wrecked the life of Caster, and damaged the nation's sporting and political reputation in one fell swoop. All for what? I hope The World Cup 2010 goes well for everyone one in SA.

I was overseas recently, and SA is a laughing stock of the world. Everyone is laughing at the fact that the race card was pulled into this, since they could not understand where the connection was, and why SA was being so obtuse about the whole Semenya thing. This apology is one more embarrasment to add to the whole thing. Maybe they will give us free t-shirts for this ?

Here in Australia, sport is considered the number 1 issue, ahead of other areas the government stuffs up like education, health care and climate change. SA has a bit of the same disease. Maybe this event will be a wake-up call. If people can get this heated over a comparatively insignificant issue related to sport, maybe they can start calling the politicians to account for stuff ups that affect millions, not just one unfortunate person, who has been grossly abused for political advantage. Don't tell me no one anticipated this outcome; the only thing they didn't anticipate was emails getting leaked so the extent of the deceit was uncovered. Think back now to some previous similar cases like a former health minister who had a major organ transplant. The ANC are not demons but any party in power too long without an effective opposition makes more and more mistakes, and starts to develop the arrogance of uncontested power. What SA desperately needs is a credible opposition, and neither this scandal nor any of those past creates an opposition – only the requirement for one.

What an absolute piece of shit. Chuene, you are the epitomy of everything that is screwed up in SA. Rot in hell you lying bastard. I hope Zuma himself fires your ass and Caster sues you for the hardship she has endured because the truth is you deserve worse. You are scum.

@Pasta Bag. What do you mean "one more embarassment"? This is sweet icing on the steaming pile of sh*t cake Leonard baked for us at the World Championships. If he hadn't lied NONE of this would have happened. I look forward to him appearing before Parliament's sport and recreation standing committee. It's going to be hilarious! I don't think "I did it to protect Caster" is going to wash, considering what actually happened.

This has 'credible deniability' written all over it! "You (Dr. Adams) don't give me the results in writing so I (Chuene) can deny knowledge of the results if it ever comes out". !!!!

Chuene's most diabolical act is to suggest that Caster should have removed herself from the competition, thus passing the buck to her instead of taking responsibility for what could only have been his decision! HOW COULD CASTER REMOVE HERSELF IF SHE HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE TEST RESULTS?

Absolutely nauseating. South Africa must be right at the top of the Disgraceful Nation Index. And from what I have read it looks as though the compelling reason to let Caster run was for a bunch of cronies to cash in on management and agency deals.

What this foul fiend Cuene has done to damage an innocent and talented young life is incalulable. I wonder what charges might be brought against him?

Oh please, let something happen to bring this ANC government down. These thugs are unconscionably selfish, greedy, stupid -- and worst of all -- totally callous. It's me and my loot first, and who cares about the people. So much for the Freedom Charter, the Consititution, honesty and good governance, and the rule of law. RIP South Africa.

Ahem, Any word from Julius or Winnie et al?

I want you to stop and think a little bit. If Leonard could have withdrawn Caster from the team the story was going to be why did he do that.He was going to be seen as a male chauvinist judging Caster as a boy in a female mind. By the way the IAAF has no ruling on individual such as Caster in sport.
Chuene could have just tell the truth, and still let Caster run as she did, and then the IAAF come with a ruling. Fair!

It is important to point out that Thabo Mbeki did resign.Insofar as this debacle is concerned Atletics SA has disgraced all South Africans and has deeply hurt Caster. It is the Athletics governing body`s responsibility to call its house to order.Obviously heads will have to roll.

To Sisulu and Malema - I am worried about the children as they have been let down by their role model. Luckily, those from the minority are doing good work and keeping SA ahead of the pack.

Maybe next time the two of you comment you will look at all South Africans with respect and ensure that their contribution motivates all children,irrespective of their colour.

I doubt if the government will act against Chuene. ASA will certainly not, given the fact that ASA appointed him as president of ASA for another term and furthermore praised him in the manner that he protected Semenya.We must remember that Chuene he is a big crony of the ANC. His behaviour is shocking but in the least not a surprise. We must realize we life in Africa and RSA will follow in the footsteps of Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa. Minister Oosthuizen the Deputy Minister for Sport still report to the Minister who wants the start world war 111. Stofile appointed an international firm of attorneys to act for Semenya. Who will pay for this? I assume the tax payers.
There is two losers in this whole issue - Semenya and South Africa.I hope that the IAAF do not accept him back as a member of the board. It seems to me that Chuene knows nothing about ethics and has no respect for the truth. He is a complete moron.

Could it be that deep down Caster wanted to be a boy. Instead, for obvious reasons, was led by her family and the rural comunity to a life of a girl. Let Caster choose the person she wants to be. She has the right to self-determination.

In my opinion, i believe what was done by Chuene is despicable and humiliating. Well his apology will never restore the human dignity of Caster, will never restore the trust and respect we had from the international community. His deception has put the whole country and the sport fraternity into disrepute, regarding the call for him to resign, had i been in the board i would recommend that he resigns, but we need to leave the decision to the board members, we need to have our confidence in them in doing what will be at the best interest of the country and the sport landscape at large. People whom are not involved in the sport arena should not undermine the decision making capacity of the board, because there are other technical factors that have to be taken into cognisence before reaching a judgement. Well unfortunately a lot of negative comments have been made publicly (before the revelation of the truth) with regards to this matter, hope many people have learned the hard way to get their facts right before making any politically incorrect remarks, we are indeed in a process of a rainbow nation building.

This man wont resign, whenits clear he should.