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OPINION | The deprived state of SA football and the governance problem facing the domestic game – by Dennis Mumble – 22 Oct 2023
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By Mr Thamsanqa Gay Mokoena – former SAFA Vice-President and former Chairperson of the SAFA Finance Committee
SAFA has the World's Largest Executive Committee
A comprehensive survey of the sizes of football association executive committees on the African continent reveals that the average size of executive committees is 14 (fourteen). A snap survey of executive committees in North and South America and Europe also amounts to 14, with the largest exco being 22 (Russia, with the world's largest land mass). The German FA (DFB), which is Europe's largest football association, has only 15 executive committee members. The English FA has 12 executive committee members.
When Does FIFA Intervene in a Member Association?
FIFA’s Normalisation Committees – What Are They And How Do They Work? Out of FIFA’s 211 members, a significant number of associations have recent or current experience of normalisation committee intervention
Fact-checking SAFA's Response to the Mokoena and Mumble Reports
On 16 May 2020, SAFA circulated a response (hereinafter the SAFA Response ) to two reports issued by two former CEOs Gay Mokoena and Dennis Mumble, wherein they (the two former CEOs) made serious allegations against the SAFA President for abusing his office. This document is a response to that circular sent to a few carefully selected SAFA Regions and is intended to inform SAFA’s members and other interested parties of the disinformation contained in the SAFA response.
How Power is Abused: The Pitfalls of Imperial Leadership
Leadership, by definition, is the act of guiding and directing a group of people towards a common goal. This requires a certain level of authority and power in order for the leader to effectively execute their duties and to avoid assuming an imperial posture in their attitudes toward others around them and thereby abusing their powers. This abuse of power is a well-documented phenomenon that has been studied extensively by psychologists, as well as philosophical and behavioural scientists.
By Dennis A. Mumble
Ex-CEO Outlines Bafana Problems
Bafana Bafana’s failure to qualify for the 2021 African Cup of Nations Cameroon has created the perfect storm for the South African Football Association (SAFA). SAFA’s legendary poor governance structure and a sycophantic leadership core who has decimated its technical structures, has left it adrift in the proverbial rough seas of world football.
Originally published in iDiski Times 27 April 2021