Danny Jordaan, South African soccer association president, left, speaks during a joint media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The head organizer of the 2010 World Cup was reelected president of South Africa’s soccer federation on Saturday despite facing criminal charges over alleged fraud while in office.
Danny Jordaan, 75, beat challenger Sandile Zungu, a South African businessman and soccer club owner, by 157 votes to 82, according to an announcement by the South African Football Association. Jordaan has been head of SAFA since 2013 and will serve a fourth term.
Jordaan was a pivotal figure in bringing the World Cup to Africa for the first time in 2010 and his work was praised in helping make the tournament a success.
But he has been followed by controversy since then.
