You may have noticed we have written a fair heap about the FIFA scandal since the news of the first set of arrests broke last Wednesday. As the drama has unfolded it has been difficult to focus on much else – it is, after all, the global game and their governing body is falling apart at the seams.

A look back at our coverage resembles something of a chronological re-telling of the events as they have unfolded, so in case you feel like a trip down memory lane, here is how it has all played out. Our 20 post coverage starts from the beginning with the initial arrests in Switzerland, leading Piers Morgan to unleash a vicious tirade against Sepp Blatter.

I guess we all knew it was a matter of time until our names were brought up and the news broke quickly that we had some rather dirty hands and had forked over $10 million. Of course this led to Fikile Mbalula attacking anyone who had a bad word to say (not ONCE but TWICE), including having a go at the FBI and demanding they produce this so-called evidence.

There was more drama ahead of last Friday’s charade of an election as the FIFA congress had to be evacuated after a bomb threat was called in, at which point we broke for the weekend and Sepp waltzed in to the top dog position once more.

Monday saw a few local names thrown into the mix as to who exactly had sanctioned this payment and travelled with the mysterious briefcase to Paris. Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, leapt to the defence of Blatter and accused the U.S. of persecuting the embattled leader. Thanks Vladimir, back to riding horses without a shirt on for you.

It was around this point that the wheels really started to come off. First Danny Jordaan admitted the $10 million payment, then a letter emerged showing our eagerness to see that amount sent the way of crooked official extraordinaire Jack Warner. The world rejoiced Tuesday evening as Blatter bowed to public pressure and announced his intention to step down as president, leading us to re-examine some of his finer quotes whilst in office.

It was around this time that the net began to tighten around Jack Warner as Interpol became involved in bringing him to task, leading Warner to say he feared for his life due to his inside knowledge of the corrupt officials up top.

Somehow in amongst all this, Fikile Mbalula found time to have a Twitter bitch fight with Gareth Cliff, proving that the tripe that comes out his mouth is rivalled only be the 140-character turd nuggets he pounds with his fingers.

David Beckham joined the chorus of former footballers calling FIFA dirty names whilst here at home the Hawks added their weight to local investigations.

Today then saw another letter emerge, this time penned by Danny Jordaan and directed to FIFA secretary Jerome Valcke, naming Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Jabu Moleketi as two of the government officials involved in okaying the payment.

So where does this all leave us? I’m sure many of you are sick to death of hearing about it all, and cannot wait until this fiasco is put to bed, but we really shouldn’t be so hasty. Our government’s handling of the corruption scandal is indicative of far larger problems, ones that we would be ill-advised to let slide without making some proper noise.