ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said the party decided on the announcement, a first in its history, so that candidates could assist in campaigns.
The party has paid for thousands of buses and taxis to ferry supporters to its election manifesto launch in a bid to stem losses in the metro.
The ANC’s automatic domination of their heartland, in terms of votes, can no longer be assured.
The ANC-led municipality has rejected applications from the DA to protest in the hotly contested metro, allegedly for security reasons.
The DA has laid corruption charges against the South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan and his predecessor Molefi Oliphant.
Stefaans Brümmer examines the evidence that the South Africa payment to Jack Warner was corrupt.
The DA’s request to have Jordaan and Oliphant answer to a parliamentary sports committee over World Cup bribery allegations has been turned down.
From the bribes to the denials, Sarah Evans rounds up the Fifa corruption scandal.
The Hawks have declared that they are not formally investigating Safa or Jordaan over allegations that a $10-million bribe was paid to Fifa.
US justice authorities’ deadly earnest suggests that sooner or later they will train a spotlight on our administrators and politicians.
A $10-million bribe was allegedly paid by South Africa, laundered via Fifa. Danny Jordaan’s mayoral candidacy may be in the balance.
The Democratic Alliance has called for new Port Elizabeth mayor Danny Jordaan to resign as president of the South African Football Association.
The ANC is desperate to hold on to Nelson Mandela Bay but the appointment of Danny Jordaan as mayor may be met with hostility within the party itself.
Hot on the heels of its intervention in Nelson Mandela Bay, the ANC is shifting its attention to the instability in its biggest region – eThekwini.
The ANC has named Safa president Danny Jordaan as the new mayor of the Nelson Mandela municipality.
Eastern Cape leadership wants the soccer boss as Nelson Mandela Bay’s mayor to retain the key metro and revive its fortunes before 2016 elections.
Safa president Danny Jordaan’s seeking of greater representation for African countries in future World Cups have been effectively stifled.
Safa has announced Gordon Igesund’s contract as Bafana Bafana coach will not be renewed and the hunt for a new coach starts immediately.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, PSL head Irvin Khoza and Safa president Danny Jordaan need to work together to save South African football.
Danny Jordaan was elected as the Safa president at the organisation’s elective congress at Helderfontein Estate in Midrand on Saturday.
Whatever the outcome of the Safa presidential elections, let’s hope whoever comes forth won’t have to swing too low to carry football home.
The executive’s sea of troubles include an unsolved match-fixing controversy and a power struggle, while football slowly sinks.
The SABC and Safa have reached an agreement on broadcasting rights — the SABC will carry all national soccer teams’ games for three years.
The National Press Club has named Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema as its newsmakers of the year.
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/ 14 December 2011
From a premature tournament qualification celebration to Danny Jordaan’s broken promises at Cosafa, South African soccer has had an embarrassing year.
Sport in Southern Africa needs strong leadership if its declining state is to be reversed, and Danny Jordaan wants to be the leader who ensures it.
Safa says it will not allow emotions to cloud its judgment and will honour its contract with national coach Pitso Mosimane.
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/ 16 September 2011
Thomas Kwenaite talks to South African Football Association (Safa) vice-president and former 2010 World Cup chief executive Danny Jordaan.
The South African Football Association will pay R5-million for the trademark to the national team’s nickname, Bafana Bafana.
World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan and Sam Nzima, who took the photograph of a slain Hector Pietersen, will be honoured by President Jacob Zuma.
Safa will change the name of the national soccer team, according to the company that owns the rights to the use of the Bafana Bafana trademark.
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/ 25 February 2011
Vicious infighting blamed for Danny Jordaan’s failure to win seat on Fifa executive committee