‘We have to wait and see': Jordaan dribbles parliament on fourth term at Safa
South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan dribbled past some fuming members of parliament's portfolio committee on sports, arts and culture on Tuesday when asked if he will stand for a fourth term in Safa's election next year.
Jordaan has been president of Safa since 2013, serving almost three terms in an association that admitted it is battling cash flow issues, presenting a financial year statement for 2023-2024 in its presentation to the committee that showed a loss of R5.4m.
Gronie Hluyo, who has been Safa's CFO since 2007, said part of the reason the association reported a deficit is because most of its national teams, especially the juniors, are not attracting sponsors, meaning the cash-strapped association has to fund them from its pockets.
The sports ministry had to bail Safa out for R5m towards the end of last year when it failed to pay the bonuses of Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana players. Safa will repay that debt in the next financial year through receiving R1.7m instead of the normal annual grant of R6.7m from the department of sports.
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