Football: South Africa launches match-fixing probe

SAFA resolves that ‘a Commission of Enquiry be set up’

JOHANNESBURG: The South African Football Association (SAFA) launched a probe into match-fixing of friendlies before the 2010 World Cup and asked its president to step down for an undetermined period. Following a report by Fifa into the rigged games, SAFA resolved that ‘a Commission of Enquiry be set up’ and that ‘SAFA President Kirsten Namatandani would have to appear before the Commission of Enquiry to explain his role in the matter’. “Having considered the implications of this for SAFA, the committee asked the president to take a voluntary leave of absence from his position,” it added.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 18^th, 2012.