Under-fire Athletics South Africa (ASA) boss Leonard Chuene's future could become clearer by the end of the week, but it is not looking good for him.

Chuene admitted during a public media briefing at the weekend he was aware of gender tests being conducted on 18-year-old athlete Caster Semenya but allowed her to run in the World Athletics Championships regardless.

He said he lied to the public when the gender controversy erupted to protect the teenager's privacy.

He insisted he had done nothing wrong and opened up the federation to an independent probe.

Hours later the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee boss Gideon Sam announced, "We definitely need to get to the bottom of this whole case."

ASA allegedly held an emergency board meeting at the weekend but ASA officials were unwilling to confirm this or what was on the agenda.

Meanwhile, sports body Sascoc said it would investigate to determine who was to blame, while the ANC — along with a host of other political parties — want heads to roll.