Cricket South Africa acting president Willie Basson is set to resign his post after his alleged involvement in South Africa's Apartheid-era chemical warfare project was revealed by local media.
ESPNcricinfo has been informed Basson will quit early in the week.
Basson will step down with just over a month to go before CSA's AGM, where a new board will be appointed in accordance with the Nicholson committee recommendations.
Basson was not due to be part of the new board anyway but was due to continue as CSA's transformation head, an idea that sat uneasily with other board members.
Given the latest revelations and Basson's involvement with the Apartheid government, they do not feel he is the correct person to lead the drive to involve more people of colour in the game.
