URGENT COURT APPLICATION
Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana in bid to halt Safa elections
Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana filed court papers on Tuesday in a bid to stop the South African Football Association’s (Safa) elective congress from going ahead on March 24. Nonkonyana‚ the chairman of the House of Traditional Leaders in the Eastern Cape‚ has sought relief from the High Court in Johannesburg because of alleged irregularities that include the withdrawal from the election process of auditors KPMG and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). He also has a pending court matter against Safa regarding his removal from the association’s structures in 2013. "As one of the leaders for change in South African football‚ I have taken a step to launch an urgent application in the South Gauteng High court‚ pending the finalisation of my dispute at the same court and also in the light that we don’t have auditors and we don’t have an independent electoral commission‚" he said. "The entire process has been riddled with gross irregularities and manipulation by current Safa president Danny...
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