A day after Mali told TIMES Live that auditors were brought in to look through the ASA's books because its finances were "bleak", Dlamini told The Times: "It is unethical for him to conduct an investigation in the media without calling us first."
On Saturday, Mali told TIMES Live: "I must admit, they [ASA's finances] are bad. They're bleak. It's a question of living from month to month.
"The situation is bad, but we do have people who are prepared to come and assist," he said, adding that they were qualified to scrutinise the organisation's books.
Mali, a former cricket administrator and board member of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, was appointed to run ASA after its board, led by Leonard Chuene, was suspended in the wake of the Caster Semenya gender testing debacle.
Dlamini told The Times yesterday that he had nothing to hide and would "avail" himself if he was called to account.
Then he blasted Mali for conducting a smear campaign against the suspended ASA board.
"He will find that every transaction is accounted for. They must go ahead with this process. The whole process is intended to mess people's names," he said.
Mali yesterday said the interim board, which was constituted at a tense meeting on Saturday, will this week "devise a way forward" after inspecting the organisation's books.
The appointment of the interim board, which includes athletes such as three-times Olympian Hendrick Ramaala, Commonwealth Games sprint medallist Geraldine Pillay, and veteran runner Blanche Moila, was marred by controversy.
The appointments of Aleck Skosana and James Moloi to the board were criticised by athletes at the meeting on the grounds that they were supporters of Chuene.
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