The President of the South African Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, has been handed bail of R20 000 by the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Palm Ridge, in Johannesburg.
Jordaan and two other accused, former Chief Financial Officer of SAFA, Grown Hluyo, and Director of Grit Communications, Trevor Neethling and his entity (Grit Communications), are facing allegations of fraud of over R1,1 million.
“They were all charged with three counts of fraud, three counts of theft, and conspiracy to commit fraud and theft of over R1.1 million.
The allegations stem from a 12-month Service Level Agreement (SLA) allegedly entered by SAFA, represented by Jordaan, and Grit Communications in December 2017 for the provision of Public Relations (PR) and communication services to SAFA.
The State alleges that Jordaan, in contravention of the SAFA statutes, signed the SLA that was neither sanctioned nor approved by SAFA, and that he and Neethling backdated the agreement to 01 October 2017,” said National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane.
The state also alleges Jordaan employed Grit Communications for purposes of protecting his personal image following allegations of rape levelled against him in 2017.
Furthermore, the state alleges that he acquired protection services worth over R40 000, purported to be for SAFA from Badger Security, during the SAFA 2018 elective congress, whilst these protection services were allegedly exclusively rendered to him.
According to SAFA statutes, Jordaan was precluded from doing so, as only the CFO and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SAFA. were authorised to sign contractual agreements.
The PR services were already rendered to SAFA by its existing department that handled PR and communication.
The case was postponed to 5 December for disclosure of the contents of the docket.
