The ANC wants the IAAF to declare null and void the results of athlete Caster Semenya gender verification tests, it said on Friday.

The ANC has established a task team to support athlete Caster Semenya and her family, it announced in Johannesburg on Monday.

The betrayal of Caster Semenya at the hands of those who should have protected her must rank among one of the cruellest acts ever.

Athletics South Africa is expected to appear before the National Assembly’s sport committee to explain its role in the Caster Semenya saga.

South Africa’s women’s 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya will learn her fate in November, following gender testing by the IAAF.

World champion Caster Semenya has been tested in South Africa and found to have higher-than-usual testosterone levels.

Thousands of people welcomed athlete Caster Semenya on her return to Johannesburg on Tuesday.