SA football again hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons when its leadership was grilled in parliament for a series of defects when it should be celebrating success in the field of play.
Led by embattled Safa president Danny Jordaan whose tenure has been mired in controversy, exacerbated by his arrest on charges of fraud, the soccer head honchos could not dribble their way past an array of questions probing the state of the association.
Resembling a player lacking match fitness, Jordaan desperately groped for answers but let it slip that he would not say no to another term at the helm.
This even though Jordaan had previously ruled himself out from running for a fourth term of the association he has lately plunged into crisis.
To say Safa administration is in shambles would be putting it mildly and this was laid bare by the executive’s inability to provide simple answers on finance matters.
Jordaan is using these successes to get another term, pointing to a rosy picture of his tenure
The poor state of SA football administration is a paradox of the performance of its teams which continue to shine in the field of play.
The country is fresh from celebrating the heroics of the U20 men’s team in Egypt where it romped to a continental triumph to book a ticket to the World Cup in Chile in September.
Banyana Banyana have also been kicking butt and soothed emotions by beating Zambia 2-0 on the same day their bosses were fumbling in parliament.
Beating Zambia saw Banyana lift the Three Nations Challenge trophy, having beaten Botswana 3-2 on Wednesday last week.
The Three Nations Challenge was a friendly tournament aimed at helping Banyana, Botswana and Zambia prepare for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from July 5-26.
The men’s senior team has also come of age by qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations and are engaged in a number of friendlies starting with the clash against Tanzania on Friday.
Jordaan is using these successes to get another term, pointing to a rosy picture of his tenure.
He credited the association for the Amajita triumph when they beat Morocco 1-0 to lift the U20 Africa Cup of Nations a few weeks ago, emphasising that it was due to astute planning, including giving coach Raymond Mdaka a long-term contract.
But like all other national teams, Amajita are still owed bonuses for their Cairo heroics with Safa saying it is still waiting to receive R3.6m prize money from CAF.
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