24 January 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) held a very successful Ordinary NEC Meeting in Johannesburg on Friday, 24 January 2025.
The meeting was a continuation of the adjourned Ordinary NEC Meeting that was held in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, on 12 October 2024 and concluded on Friday night, wrapping up all the outstanding matters that were on the agenda.
The discussions were robust and engaging, and SAFA President Dr Danny Jordaan, who chaired the proceedings, said he was happy that the Members engaged all the items passionately as they always do.
“Well, we have just concluded our meeting. We’ve dealt with about 20 items, and we are very happy. There were robust debates and questions, and we focused on football. And we dealt with the question of our teams, and of course, with Bafana Bafana going into the Africa Cup of Nations draw in Morocco on Monday (27 January 2025) night. We will see what happens there, and we wish them all the best and hope that they will be able to perform,” the SAFA President said.
“All the teams, the national teams, have improved. Morocco is quite good. It’s an improved team, and so is Nigeria, so is Senegal, and South Africa is there with them. We will want to see who we meet this time around. I am very happy that we dealt with many issues relating to the technical area, the coaches.
“We have now appointed a coach for Under-17, Under-20, as well as technical teams. So, overall, I’m very happy. It was quite a successful meeting. And we will focus now on moving forward.”
The NEC was also told about the massive progress that have been made in schools football.
