Former Proteas coach Mickey Arthur has reportedly received a hefty payout from Cricket South Africa (CSA) after resigning from his post earlier this week.

Arthur officially announced his resignation at a press conference in East London on Wednesday morning, citing differences with the CSA board over structural changes as his reason for standing down.

CSA chief executive Gerald Majola said that Arthur had wanted to be in charge of appointing his support staff, while the CSA board felt changes were necessary.

"In the past few years, the coach has been able to appoint his own staff but, after speaking to the players, the board felt changes were necessary," he said.

"Mickey did not believe that if these changes were made, he'd be able to choose his own people, so he moved on."

Majola denied media speculation that Arthur had failed transformation targets in terms of selecting black players.

"Mickey's resignation is not for any reasons of transformation. As far as we are concerned, he achieved his targets."

According to the Cape Times, Athur, whose contract with CSA was set to run until 2012, is set to receive a payout of R4.5-million.

CSA cleaning house?

The past three days have been busy ones at CSA. The entire national selection panel ? headed by Mike Procter ? was fired a day after Arthur?s resignation was first announced.

It seems Arthur's assistant Vincent Barnes may be the next to go with speculation rife that Barnes will resign after the Proteas tour to India.

Corrie van Zyl, meanwhile, has been named as the team's interim coach, with Barnes continuing in his role as bowling coach, and Kepler Wessels joining the management team as the batting coach for the Proteas tour of India.

Van Zyl and Wessels will also assume the role of selectors, along with Majola, who will be the acting convener.