Safa boss among top officials suspended amid match fixing probe

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

SA Football boss, Kirsten Nematandani, along with four senior officials, has been suspended by the SA Football Association.

This follows the release of a Fifa report into match-fixing ahead of the 2010 World Cup hosted in South Africa.

Safa says their suspension does not imply guilt but was simply  good governance measure. A commission of inquiry headed by a retired judge will now be insituted to probe the claims.

Safa's emergency committee met on Friday and Sunday after Fifa handed over a report last week on warm-up matches ahead of the 2010 World Cup, hosted by South Africa.

Aside from Nematandani, Safa COO and interim CEO Dennis Mumble, head of referees Adeel Carelse, head of national teams Lindile Kika, and former head of national teams Barney Kujane, will take a voluntary leave of absence after their names were mentioned in the Fifa report.

They will all give evidence in the commission of enquiry.

The national association confirmed last week it had received the Fifa report, which was completed by the global body's former head of security, Chris Eaton, after a bogus football development company, Football 4U, provided referees for the warm-up matches.

The company was later discovered to be a front for an Asian-based betting syndicate headed up by Wilson Raj Perumal, who was later convicted of match fixing.