Safa elects three vice-presidents as Doc Khumalo takes technical role

The South African Football Association (Safa) has elected Linda Zwane, Anastasia “Natasha” Tsichlas and Tankiso Modipa as the association’s three vice-presidents.

The appointments were made at a three-day national executive committee (NEC) meeting which ended in Sandton on Sunday.

Zwane and Tsichlas will serve second terms in the role, while Modipa is a new vice-president. He replaces Bennett Bailey, the chairperson of the Safa Cape Town region.

Former Bafana Bafana midfielder Dr Khumalo was also elected as deputy to technical committee chairperson Jack Maluleke.

Safa president Danny Jordaan said the vice-presidents were chosen through an open and transparent process, but declined to identify the candidates who had challenged the elected trio.

All three successful candidates have supported Jordaan, who secured a fourth term by defeating AmaZulu owner Sandile Zungu at last month’s elective congress in Midrand.

“We determined the vice-presidents by an open ballot, which was observed by all of the members. The election showed the transparency and the commitment of Safa to deal with these matters in an open, transparent way,” Jordaan told a press conference at the NH hotel on Sunday evening.

The 75-year-old said the vice-presidents would work with Safa chief executive officer Lydia Monyepao to establish the foundations of the association’s Vision 2030 programme.

“The next step is for the vice-presidents to come together with the CEO to put together Vision 2030. In the elements of Vision 2030, it’s about schools, football development and the excellence of our various national teams,” Jordaan said.

Modipa is also the chairperson of the Football Transformation Forum, a lobby group which supported Jordaan during the recent election. Bailey backed Zungu.

Safa’s head of communication, Mninawa Ntloko, also announced that Northern Cape NEC member Lebohang Riet had withdrawn a criminal case against Monyepao.

Riet is the chairperson of Force For Change, another lobby group which supported Zungu before the election.

Two days before last month’s congress, Riet told Sowetan he had opened a case against Monyepao over the distribution of an election information pack containing amended statutes which, he said, had not been agreed.

Riet was not available for comment on Sunday because he had left the venue before the press conference.