Mail & Guardian

New CAF president welcomed

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The South African billionair­e Patrice Motsepe is now seated in the highest position in African football after he was appointed the new president of the Confederat­ion of African Football (CAF). Motsepe has already announced some of the standards he wants to be met during his four years of the presidency — and has promised that he will not continue after his four-year term if CAF does not show real progress. Motsepe wants an African country to take home the Fifa World Cup; he wants to see the Africa Cup of Nations implemente­d as a two-yearly tournament; he wants to increase the prize money at the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederat­ion Cup. We can agree to all of this. Welcome, Mr Motsepe, please save our football.

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