Breaking: Jordaan Elected Into CAF ExCo
Danny Jordaan Has Been Elected Into The CAF Executive Committee
SAFA President, Danny Jordaan, has been elected into CAF's Executive Comittee after today's vote in Addis Ababa.Jordaan beat off competition from Frans Mbidi and Rui Eduardo da Costa to land the spot for the Southern zone, securing his place in the ExCo after years of trying to gain a seat at the table.
Other individuals that were elected to the committee today were Fouzi Lekjaa, Amadou Diakité, Amaju Pinnick, Suleiman Hassan Waberi, Isha Johansen.
Tarek Bouchamoui, Almamy Kabele Camara and Lydia Nsekera were appointed as African representatives to the FIFA council.
All this news comes on the same day that Ahmad Ahmad completed a shock victory over Issa Hayatou, and will now become CAF's first new President since the man from Cameroon took over way back in 1988.