Ncobo puts next step in motion

Ace Ncobo is set to launch the latest step today of a concerted bid to have Danny Jordaan removed as the president of the South African Football Association.

The former Premier Soccer League general manager and professional referee has said he has no intention of running for president himself, but has called another press conference in Johannesburg, where he is expected to outline more reasons why he believes Jordaan should step down as the leader of the game in this country.

The Safa president is currently in Madagascar as part of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee, and has, in the meantime, appointed Xolile Nkompela, a Safa vice-president, as acting president of the association.

In the long-term, however, Jordaan appears to have no intention of stepping down, even in the face of a criminal charge of rape laid against him by Jennifer Ferguson.

Safa, indeed, held a press conference on Thursday where they put their weight behind Jordaan, speaking in a statement of “a trial by the media”, adding that “every person, with no exception, is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the courts of law”.

Ncobo has already achieved the first of his aims, which was to have the Safa Elective Congress, originally scheduled for March 24, postponed.

Ncobo claimed that Safa had violated several of its own statutes in regard to the congress, though Safa CEO Dennis Mumble (above) also vociferously denied this at last week’s press conference.

Safa claim the postponement of the congress was simply because its own appointed electoral committee asked for more time to prepare.

As yet, a new date for the elections has not been set, though the association have called an extraordinary congress for April 28.