ROB ROSE: Safa’s $10m tantrum
Though whistleblowers admitted to taking a $10m bribe to select SA to host the 2010 World Cup, football bosses say they’re in the clear
The SA Football Association (Safa) seems to be about as economical with the truth as Bafana Bafana are with the number of goals they score. This week, Safa threatened to sue journalists for reporting about a damning statement provided by its former CEO, Leslie Sedibe, which places Safa’s current boss, Danny Jordaan, at the centre of a $10m bribe to secure the right to host the 2010 World Cup. Sedibe’s statement was reported by City Press, which included his claim that, facing a cash hole before 2010, Jordaan arranged a meeting at "Ajay Gupta’s house in Saxonwold, with the former president Jacob Zuma". On December 20, Sedibe used the statement to open a corruption case with the Mondeor police, in which he also provided fresh detail of that $10m payment (unrelated to the alleged Gupta-Jordaan meeting). First, a refresher. The story is that in 2007, Safa paid $10m to Jack Warner, who, along with Chuck Blazer, ran the North, Central American and Caribbean football association, Concacaf....
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