By Andrew Warshaw
November 23 – Danny Jordaan, organiser of last year’s World Cup in South Africa, is targeting the Presidency of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) as he bids to re-enter football administration after a year out of the limelight.
Earlier this year, Jordaan failed to secure a place on FIFA’s Executive Committee through the Confederation of African Football (CAF) when he controversially came fourth with just 10 votes amid allegations of foul play and has now decided to go for a lesser role within southern Africa.
COSAFA comprises 14 member countries and according to reports Jordaan visited Harare on Tuesday to lobby support ahead of elections early next month.
If elected, Jordaan, 59, pledged to try to unify the region.
“We have to be stronger as a region and we have to overcome our challenges,” he was quoted as saying.
“Nothing is impossible even when we fought apartheid some people thought it was impossible to win over it but here we are.
“Zimbabwe have also had their challenges which they have managed overcome even when people doubted they would.”
Jordaan, who has long held senior positions within the South African Football Association (SAFA), said he would use his influence to have major South African companies like Standard Bank, South African Breweries, MTN and Vodacom to sponsor leagues around the region.
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