He said this was supported by the performances of Bafana and Banyana, men’s under-17s reaching their World Cup and U-20s winning South Africa’s first-ever U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, and Mamelodi Sundowns competing strongly at the Fifa Club World Cup in the US.
A financial statement posting a R5m deficit was “approved unanimously by the members” and a turnaround strategy was accepted “as a new path to follow”.
However, one of the opposing members to Jordaan, who did not want to be named, said the congress was “very heated”.
They said the faction that wanted to bring a step-aside motion tested the waters on a vote on another matter and realised they did not have the numbers. They said they will regroup and try to get the numbers by the next congress in December.
“Some members were frustrated because that meeting dragged and some went outside. We managed to pass an activity report through by 23 votes to 17. The margin was not big and with the number abstaining — 10 — and members outside, we were no longer certain about who was with us,” they said.