One of South Africa’s top legal eagles, Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as part of a three-man independent committee to investigate the South African Football Association (SAFA) and its president Danny Jordaan.
Even though the identity of the other two members of the team is still a secret, Ink Sport has gathered that they are from West Africa and Europe. Ink Sport can also reveal that SAFA received correspondence from CAF regarding the matter last month.
This investigation is focusing on the March 2024 raid by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crimes Investigating Unit at SAFA House in Johannesburg. The Hawks executed a search and seizure warrants over allegations of fraud and theft amounting to R1.3 million.
The allegations stemmed from incidents which are said to have taken place between 2014 and 2018 when Jordaan allegedly used SAFA’s resources for personal gain. These included the alleged hiring of a private security company for personal protection and a public relations company without authorisation from the SAFA national executive committee.
After the Hawks’ raid at SAFA House, CAF requested that SAFA must forward to them documents as they wanted to get to the bottom of these allegations. CAF has now returned and initiated its own investigation into these allegations.
CAF’s primary focus is maintaining the integrity and good governance of African football. Ngcukaitobi and his team are looking at whether SAFA or Jordaan had violated and breached both CAF and FIFA statues.
“Thank you for the inquiry. All our correspondence with CAF is confidential and we do not discuss this with members of the media,” a SAFA statement said in responce to an Ink Sport enquiry on Wednesday.
Ink Sport can also reveal that CAF’s investigation was part of the agenda items and discussion at a SAFA NEC meeting, which was held before Bafana Bafana’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe at the Free State in Bloemfontein.
It’s still unclear as to which approach SAFA is going to take as the association has now become the second affiliate that CAF is probing after the Cairo-based body went public about its investigation of FECAFOOT president and Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o.
It, however, remains to be seen if a similar procedure will be followed against SAFA and Jordaan.
Meanwhile, Ngcukaitobi is no stranger to football matters as he’s currently a member of the legal team representing MT Sports Management and Pitso Mosimane in a civil lawsuit brought by Mamelodi Sundowns which is before Judge Shaanaz Mai at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
