SA Football Association vice-president Ria Ledwaba and her supporters have served court papers seeking to stop the Safa election on June 25.
Sourcesin Ledwaba’s camp said this was because they allege several constitutional irregularities surrounding the elections. They say some constitutional changes made at a March 26 ordinary congress were aimed at entrenching incumbent Danny Jordaan as president.
“Please be informed that the vice-president of Safa, Ms Ria Ledwaba, has approached the court on an urgent basis to stop the Safa elections scheduled for June 25,” Motlanthe wrote. “The matter is between Ms Ledwaba, Safa, all members of the governance committee and the chairperson of the ethics committee, justice Sisi Khampepe. This matter is brought on behalf of Ledwaba and Safa Vhembe.
Motlanthe referred to article 13.1.6 of the Safa Statutes, which he said says “any dispute requiring adjudication involving itself or one of its members ... and decisions of the member, Safa, Caf and Fifa shall come solely under the jurisdiction of the appropriate dispute resolution tribunal of the member, Safa, Caf or Fifa and that any recourse to ordinary courts is prohibited subject to article 59.5”.
“We wish to confirm that every nominated candidate as submitted to the CEO was forwarded to the governance committee for integrity check and finalisation. The final list has been received and was forwarded to all members.
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