The South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan has rubbished a petition that alleges he is corrupt and accuses SAFA of the misuse of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust, and has confirmed that the association is taking the said person to court.
A report written by Bart Henderson accuses Jordaan of misusing the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust, and it is understood the association will hold a press conference in the coming weeks to address this issue.
Jordaan has hit back at these allegations, saying they are taking Henderson to court, insisting the forensic investigator was hired by former people at SAFA.
“A white man who is a right wing Afrikaner writes rubbish,” said Jordaan to iDiski Times.
“We have already said we are taking him to court. You must wait for the lawyers and when they are ready, we will call the press conference and we will sue this guy, charge him.”
Jordaan has countless times said that, if everyone is interested to know what happened to 2010 World Cup Legacy Trust, they must visit the SAFA website as documents are there on how the money was used.
What did the report say?
Henderson, whose company Henderson Solutions deals with fraud and corruption cases, made countless allegations against Jordaan and SAFA.
“At what point does lack of governance and oversight become criminal?,” he wrote.
“SAFA has been rocked by fraud and corruption scandals for well over a decade, first gaining international prominence in 2011 when investigations revealed several of host country South Africa’s national team matches leading up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup were bought.
“Scandals have persisted into the 2020’s. SAFA has been accused of financial mismanagement and misuse of funds, including improper handling of financial resources, irregularities in financial reporting, undisclosed expenses, and inadequate financial controls by a passing parade of Vice Presidents and CEO’s.
“The organisation has had nine Chief Executive Officers since 2009. The average length of tenure of a CEO over the last 14 years is approximately one year and eight months.
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“SAFA saw 11 Vice Presidents come and go between 2013 and 2023 from a total of 12. SAFA saw an increase in paid NEC members, going from 26 in 2013 to 47 to date (against a global average of 15), tantamount to an organisation having 47 Directors in an organisation, which has a staff complement of about 60 employees.
“To date, it is claimed that the 2019/2020 financials were never presented to the SAFA Congress. SAFA auditors PwC resigned abruptly on 10 July 2019 citing, reputation and liability risk aligned client and engagement acceptance procedures, determined that they had no other option.
“SAFA and FIFA are leaving a suspect in a substantive criminal complaint involving theft of funds, capable of influencing the outcome of an investigation while this investigation is ongoing, is a sign of negligence.
“A letter from the NPA states in reference to a criminal case BOOYSENS CAS 422/05/2020: ‘… the designated Prosecutor has instructed the investigating officer to obtain warning statements from the main suspect, Danny Jordaan and other identified suspects’.
“The 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust intended to be a self-sustaining source of funding over the long term to develop the game in South Africa seems to have been systematically plundered of R600 million+ since 2013.
“Trust grant oversight over material SAFA expenditure derived from grant proceeds seems deliberately kept from trustees behind a veil of transactional secrecy.
“Trustees have not been privy to the Trust financials and bank accounts and upon the planned dissolution of the Trust, were removed and the Trust wound up without them ever having sight of these records.
“Payment details of tens of millions of Rands granted by the Trust to SAFA for the purchase of a property called Fun Valley sits behind a veil of secrecy.”
