By Justin Archer

I’m sure the name Caster Semenya does not need an introduction. The unfortunate athlete has found herself in the media a lot of late and this through no fault of her own. Today it carries on as The Times website announced that the investigation into South Africa’s handling of the debacle is to last at least three weeks.

Effectively the investigation is to discover whether Athletics South Africa approved of the gender tests on Semenya before the Berlin championships where she went on to blow away her competition raising the concerns about her gender.

Unfortunately this latest investigation means that the spotlight is going to remain on the athlete for a while to come, even though the latest investigation isn’t involving her gender whatsoever. As long as Semenya remains in the headlines, she remains a victim, particularly for the politicians to prey on to further their own political goals. We have witnessed it already; Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema have spoken of how disgraced they were at the treatment of Semenya and rallied support for the athlete, but it was for their own selfish aims of rallying support for their own party.

The investigation won’t be the last that we hear of Semenya and we can only imagine how it is all affecting her. This cannot be changed, but what can be are our attitudes towards the politicians that unfairly take advantage of the situation, we need to send a message that it is not right.