The former captain of the Proteas Graeme Smith will be appointed as the Acting Director of Cricket for an interim period.
This news was confirmed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday.
The acting CEO Jacques Faul says he is delighted that Smith has agreed to assist CSA up until the IPL next year.
"Obviously, Graeme has had his concerns during the course of the last few months, but I am pleased to say that we have overcome those concerns and I look forward to working with him to urgently address pressing cricketing matters in particular," he added.
Commenting on his appointment, Smith said: "I've publicly stated a number of times that I would love to assist CSA in this difficult time, particularly in developing this new role of Director of Cricket. I'm still as passionate about South African cricket as I ever was and I'm looking forward to getting stuck into the role. There is a lot of work to be done in the next few weeks and months and my objective will always be to make a positive impact during my tenure."
CSA is currently embroiled in a crisis with the CEO Thabang Moroe on precautionary suspension with pay, on allegations of misconduct, pending further investigations.
Cricket SA also lost their main sponsorship from Standard Bank.
Several other key players have also resigned from Cricket SA.
