South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan and his co-accused have failed to have their case struck from the roll.
Safa president Danny Jordaan appears before the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on 10 December 2024. Picture: Nigel Sibanda / The Citizen
Jordaan and Hluyo filed an application to have the case struck off the roll, citing unreasonable delays under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Act.During Tuesday’s proceedings, Advocate Norman Arendse, representing Jordaan and Hluyo, said the defence was seeking a costs order for the “unreasonable delays”.
Arendse said it was common cause that the police filed their court papers in response to the arrest warrants case more than three months late. “There was an aborted attempt to bring it on the 11th so the investigating officer was aware that this application was being brought instead he preempted that by then effecting the arrest and accused one and three on the 13th, which to a large extent cut the accused one and three off below the knees because they couldn’t proceed with their urgent application.”State prosecutor Moagi Malebati criticised the defence for going into the merits of the case.
Malebati revealed that Jordaan and Hluyo had made warning statements during investigations, where they advanced their defence to the allegations against them.
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