South Africa’s mens football team, Bafana Bafana, have qualified for the Fifa World Cup in North America next year, despite a series of moemishes by its administrative body.
The South African Football Association (Safa) has been criticised for incompetence, especially amid an embarassing slip-up that saw SA field an ineligible player during their World Cup qualifying campaign. That blunder saw them drop vital points that could have cost them a ticket to the football showpiece.
Its president, Danny Jordaan, also has more clouds hanging over him than a Summer thunderstorm, accused of alleged mismanagement, abuse of power, fraud, corruption, and even sexual assault.
The organisation has long stood by him, refusing to suspend him amid the allegations.
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