Danny Jordaan, the former president of the South African Football Association (Safa), is facing fraud charges from 2014 to 2018. Initially, he described a 'payment' he made as part of football development efforts. This comes after a stroll around Soccer City in 1996 with journalist Ian Hawkey, highlighting Jordaan's amiable nature throughout the years.
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Own goal: Safa president Danny Jordaan made what he called a ‘payment’ to football development . He is now charged with fraud between 2014 and 2018.
This was because, as hosts, South Africa qualified automatically for the competition using — get this — rugby grounds such as those in Bloem and Port Elizabeth as venues for the soon-to-be-hosted football. So Jordaan had pretty good reason to be pleased that hot afternoon at the beginning of 1996. He would have even more reason to be so as the tournament progressed. South Africa beat Cameroon, one of the powerhouses of the African game at the time, 3-0 in her opening match, which filled Bafana and the nation with a hope veering dangerously close to hysteria.
David Elleray, one of the world’s most respected referees, took the whistle. The match started 20 minutes late because South Africa’s vice-president, Thabo Mbeki, couldn’t get to Soccer City on time. With talk of notes under hotel-room doors and midnight shenanigans, Dempsey disregarded the mandate from Oceania, the block he represented, and abstained. His abstention meant that votes between Germany and South Africa to host the 2006 tournament tied. Sepp Blatter, another of the amiable man school, stepped in. And cast the final vote for Germany.
He looked green. Whether it was from fatigue or fear of flying, or was simply the delayed after-effects of spending too much time with the cash-crazed Warner, I never got to find out.
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