Four standing members of the CSA board followed the Acting President and five others in the way out of the office.

Cricket South Africa’s official Twitter account announced the news saying that,”All independent and non-independent directors have now resigned.”

These resignations have occurred after six directors of including Acting president Beresford Williams issued resignations on Sunday, two days prior to the deadline for intervention set by Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa.

“Acting President of CSA Beresford Williams has handed in his resignation with immediate effect. Williams said that he is deeply passionate about cricket and because of his love for the game, he has resigned as this is the best way he can currently serve cricket,” a tweet on CSA’s Twitter account read.

The resignations followed a series of meetings of a 14-person members’ council, which consists of the presidents of provincial unions affiliated to CSA. According to CSA’s website, the council “sets general policy for CSA”.

A report in The Citizen newspaper quoted an unnamed insider as saying: “Not all of the directors were happy to go but they were basically told they had to, we forced them.”

Along with Williams, Donovan May, Tebogo Siko, Angelo Carolissen, John Mogodi and Dheven Dharmalingam quit from their positions in CSA. Williams has resigned both from the board and the members’ council while others had resigned as board members but would remain on the members’ council, CSA stated in a media release.

As mentioned in Friday’s press statement, the CSA board met this week & discussed various strategies that would best position CSA. One of these approaches was that if the board would need to step down for the best interest of CSA & cricket as a whole, the board would then do so,” CSA said while confirming the resignations

It now appears the four remaining board members have also quit, clearing the way for the appointment of an interim committee.

The latest development came one day before a deadline threatening intervention by sports minister Nathi Mthethwa.

Six “non-independent” board members elected from cricket structures were also part of the members’ council.

Williams resigned from both bodies but the other four non-independent board members who resigned on Sunday said they would remain part of the members’ council.

CSA has been in disarray since chief executive Thabang Moroe was suspended last December, prompting calls from the country’s players’ association and major sponsors for the board to resign.

Moroe was fired in August on the basis of a forensic report which CSA has refused to make public.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), an umbrella body for elite sports, demanded in September that the board step down in order for Sascoc to appoint a task team to investigate CSA.

When the cricket body failed to cooperate, Sascoc asked the minister to intervene, potentially putting CSA’s standing with the International Cricket Council at risk.

If an interim committee is appointed, one of its tasks will be to recommend a new structure for the board.

Under the current constitution a majority of the board are non-independent elected from cricket structures but there have been calls for the balance to tilt in favour of independent directors.

The fate of the members’ council is uncertain but it is likely that in future it will not be possible for board members to also be part of the council.

South Africa are due to host World Cup champions England in three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals in late November and early December.