Belgian football coach Hugo Broos was brought in to try and steady the ship. So far, it’s been a rocky ride.
Seeing as though we couldn’t be bothered keeping track of just how that $10 million donation was spent we can be thankful the BBC decided to do some digging. It ain’t pretty.
Another letter has emerged in the exchange leading up to the payment of the $10 million, this time sent by Danny Jordaan and calling officials out by name.
This afternoon’s press conference saw Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula stick to his guns and condemn the allegations of corruption during the 2010 World Cup bid.
Yes, this is pretty much the proof we’ve all been waiting for – the explosive piece of evidence that lays bare our corrupt 2010 World Cup bid.
Boston bombs made from kitchen pressure cookers. Whatsapp has more users than Twitter. Cops offered half a bar for pics of Pistorius toilet door. Facebook launching bold expensive advertising. Ozzy Osbourne relapsed. Why was Downey Junior paid half a billion Rand?
Tomorrow sees the much-anticipated Bafana Bafana versus Norway football game at Cape Town Stadium. The match will kick off at 20:30, and is part of Bafana Bafana’s preparation for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations later this month.
The South African Football Association (Safa) has reinstated its chief and four other leading officials suspended over a match fixing scandal involving the national team. The move comes less than two weeks before we are to host the African Nations Cup finals.
Sepp Blatter is no-one’s favourite guy, but his Goal project – started in 1999 – has funded 600 projects in 199 member associations. Artificial pitches, association HQ’s, training centres have all been built totally on Fifa’s dime. How many projects have we got funded? Zero.
After what feels like an eternity of bickering, negotiation and name-calling, SAFA and Stanton Woodrush have finally come to an agreement that will ensure that SAFA has the exclusive rights to the national team’s nickname Bafana Bafana.
Government has decided that we need a new nickname for our national soccer team. The affectionate monicker Bafana Bafana was a nice idea at the time, says Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, but now we need ‘lions that will roar’.