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November 14 – South African soccer boss Danny Jordaan has been launched on bail following his arrest in a fraud probe.
On Wednesday Jordaan, the president of the South African Soccer Affiliation (Safa), was arrested by native police over allegations he misappropriated the governing physique’s cash, however a court docket granted him bail for 20,000 rand ($1,110). The court docket has restricted his journey actions.
Jordaan and his co-defendants – Safa’s chief of finance Gronie Hluyo and a 46-year-old businessman – have been warned to haven’t any contact with the 19 potential state witnesses who may testify in opposition to the trio.
Jordaan is accused of utilizing about R1.3 million ($72,372) of South African Soccer Affiliation (SAFA) funds to rent a PR agency and a non-public safety firm for his private profit. He has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not responsible in court docket.
“The allegations are that between 2014 and 2018, the president of Safa used the organisation’s sources for his private acquire, together with hiring a non-public safety firm for his private safety and a public relations firm with out authorisation from the Safa board,” mentioned Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale.
“Warrants… issued for the arrest of two outstanding South African Soccer Affiliation govt officers, aged 73 and 55, along with a 46-year-old businessman, had been executed this morning, 13 November 2024, following an intensive investigation by the Critical Industrial Crime Investigation primarily based in Johannesburg into allegations of R1.3-million fraud and theft.”
Safa had already been underneath hearth after an nameless doc surfaced, laying naked institutional chaos on the governing physique in addition to how the Motsepe basis needed to step in over Banyana Banyana’s remuneration forward of the 2023 Girls’s World Cup.
The organisation sought to dispel these accusations and in a press convention on November 8, Tankiso Modipa, head of Safa’s security and safety protocol committee, mentioned, as quoted by South African media: “We’ve famous that there are particular people who’re persevering with to break the Safa model, and they’re utilizing sure media platforms to wage this struggle and smear the names and reputations of our members. The marketing campaign has noticeably picked up in the previous couple of weeks and sufficient is sufficient.”
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