{"id":250431,"date":"2024-11-13T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/13\/south-african-fa-president-danny-jordaan-granted-bail-after-arrest-over-alleged-fraud\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:31:09","slug":"south-african-fa-president-danny-jordaan-granted-bail-after-arrest-over-alleged-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/13\/south-african-fa-president-danny-jordaan-granted-bail-after-arrest-over-alleged-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"South African FA President Danny Jordaan granted bail after arrest over alleged fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/982\/98208307.295.jpg\" alt=\"South African FA President Danny Jordaan\" title=\"South African FA President Danny Jordaan\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/> <span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>South African FA President Danny Jordaan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The President of the South African Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, has been released on bail of $1,100 after being arraigned in court over allegations of fraud and embezzlement amounting to $71,000.<\/p>\n<p>Jordaan, who is seeking a fourth term as SAFA president, appeared in court on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, where his bail conditions were outlined.<\/p>\n<p>He must provide a 72-hour notice before travelling abroad and cannot miss court proceedings due to international commitments.<\/p>\n<p>The case stems from accusations made by former SAFA Vice President William Mooka and other former executives, prompting an investigation by the Hawks, South Africa&#8217;s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2014 and 2018, Jordaan allegedly used federation resources for personal benefit, including hiring a private security company for his protection and engaging a public relations firm without board approval.<\/p>\n<p>SAFA&#8217;s offices were raided in an evidence-gathering operation lasting five hours.<\/p>\n<p>They confiscated a laptop, USB drives, external hard drives, and various documents as part of their probe.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ghana beat Senegal to secure 7th position at 2024 Rugby Africa Women\u2019s 7s Tourney<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"7UT-MhuB3rk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghana beat Senegal to secure 7th position at 2024 Rugby Africa Women\u2019s 7s Tourney\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UT-MhuB3rk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>play videoSouth African FA President Danny Jordaan The President of the South African Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, has been released on bail of $1,100 after being arraigned in court over allegations of fraud and embezzlement amounting to $71,000. Jordaan, who is seeking a fourth term as SAFA president, appeared in court on Wednesday, November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South African FA President Danny Jordaan granted bail after arrest over alleged fraud - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/13\/south-african-fa-president-danny-jordaan-granted-bail-after-arrest-over-alleged-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South African FA President Danny Jordaan granted bail after arrest over alleged fraud - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"play videoSouth African FA President Danny Jordaan The President of the South African Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, has been released on bail of $1,100 after being arraigned in court over allegations of fraud and embezzlement amounting to $71,000. 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