Report to Fifa on Safa poll ‘fraud’

NATIONAL Football Consultative Forum (NFCF) member Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana is preparing to report to Fifa on alleged mischievous dealings by the Football Transformation Forum (FTF) in the South African Football Association’s (Safa) regions ahead of the organisation’s elective congress next month.

Nonkonyana and NFCF allege that concerns have been raised by regions of manipulation of nomination forms to ensure that the preferred candidate is incumbent Danny Jordaan.

The FTF is campaigning for Jordaan’s re-election.

“We were disturbed to learn that the FTF has [used] dirty tricks to intimidate members of Safa using association resources in its aim to oppose the campaign for football change voted for by the people‚” Nonkonyana claims.

Safa’s leadership, he said, was destabilising the process.

“For instance‚ since early this year [a man] appointed by Jordaan as his Eastern Cape agent has been ‘overseeing’ all electoral procedures in the region.

“All those who have not shown support for the current regime have been marginalised.

“Two weekends ago a meeting was convened in the Eastern Cape and [regional] leaders were directed to submit the nominated person to this special agent for submission on their behalf to Safa auditors.

“We believe Safa’s leadership has convened a national meeting in Bloemfontein [at the] weekend to collect all nominee forms.”

However‚ FTF general secretary Mzwandile Maforvane denied Nonkonyana’s allegations and challenged the NFCF to produce proof.

“I challenge them to produce proof,” Maforvane said.

“The chief is not a member of Safa as he was expelled from the organisation.

“Also it is strange that he has decided to jump Safa and go straight to Fifa.”

Nonkonyana said: “We [will] file a complaint with Fifa as we believe the entire electoral process is rigged‚ filled with irregularities.”

He said he believed elective congress delays were a tactic to ensure a single unopposed candidate.