After reports emerged of SAFA President Danny Jordaan having plans to stand for an unprecedented fourth term, KickOff has insight on whether the organisation's statutes allow for this.
"For the next term, which is 2026 to 2030, I won't be there. I must tell you now, this is my last term."
These were the words of Jordaan after he won the elections with a landslide victory and was re-elected at the organisation's congress back in June 2022.
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Fast-forward to October 2024, reports have emerged that he has plans to hold onto power from 2026 to 2030, as electioneering season has arrived, with a regional congress set to take place next year, one year prior to the main national congress.
In the previous elections, Ria Ledwaba challenged the 73-year-old for presidency, with numerous court challenges preceding the elections, as she alleged there were a number of constitutional irregularities.
However, the former SAFA Vice President only got 27 votes, to Jordaan's 186, while the other contender Solly Mohlabeng received eight votes.
As no other SAFA president has served four terms before, with the incumbent currently in his third, there have been constitutional question marks on whether the association's statutes would allow for the former CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organizing Committee to contest for a fourth term in office.
This website has been led to believe there is currently no stumbling block in the SAFA constitution for Jordaan to stand for a fourth term, a prospect of which would entrench the status quo, which is that of a lot of backlash and criticism from a number of quarters.
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After he was re-elected for a third term in 2022, the Gqeberha native, who has been president since 2013, promised to prioritize the growth of women's football, re-establish schools sport and come up with strategies to improve Bafana Bafana.