Overview
- SAFA announced that Jordaan won the elective congress by 157 votes to 82 following voting at the Midrand congress on Saturday, September 12.
- The vote took place under heightened security after SAFA reported death threats to delegates and the NEC disqualified four regions for procedural breaches.
- Challenger Sandile Zungu and his supporters alleged forced regional leadership changes and vote-buying in the run-up to the congress but conceded defeat at the venue.
- Former SAFA CEO Dennis Mumble said the organisation’s constitution concentrates power in regional and standing-committee processes and argued that structural reform is required for fairer elections.
- Jordaan remains under criminal fraud and theft charges from a 2024 arrest that have not gone to trial and his re-election leaves outstanding questions about SAFA’s finances, stakeholder relations, and calls for constitutional change.