FINDING THE NET
MNINAWA NTLOKO: Jordaan’s opponents face uphill battle for Safa presidency
Such is the tension and intrigue that usually accompanies the South African Football Association’s (Safa’s) presidential race that it often gives the ANC’s contest a serious run for its money. The road to that spacious corner office with an impressive view of Johannesburg is not for the fainthearted and to enter into the race as a candidate one needs to have a skin thicker than most. The Safa regions will appoint new leadership on March 24, but if the events of the past weeks are anything to go by that date cannot come a moment too soon. It has certainly been a bruising battle since incumbent Danny Jordaan put his hand up in 2017 for re-election. Former Safa vice-president Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana and erstwhile Bafana Bafana captain Lucas Radebe are the pretenders to the throne. A little birdie tells me that other individuals are lurking in the shadows but they have preferred to remain silent for the time being. These individuals, I’m told, are very powerful and are biding their time,...
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