South African Soccer Affiliation (Safa) president Danny Jordaan has been arrested amid allegations he worn the organisation’s finances for private achieve.

The rustic’s organised crime investigation unit, Hawks, has been taking a look into claims of fraud and robbery at Safa between 2014 and 2018 amounting to one.3m rand ($72,000, £57,000).

In March, Hawks raided Safa places of work in Johannesburg, confiscating a pc, USBs, exterior sun-baked drives and paperwork.

Jordaan is said to have leased a non-public safety corporate for his private coverage and a people members of the family corporate with out authorisation from the Safa board.

The 73-year-old, who used to be a key determine in bringing the 2010 Fifa Global Cup to South Africa and has been Safa president since 2013, is watching for the result of an look on the Palm Ridge Magistrates courtroom in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Safa’s eminent monetary officer Gronie Hluyo and businessman Trevor Neethling gave the impression along Jordaan, having additionally been arrested in reference to the case.

Jordaan reportedly filed a courtroom utility on Tuesday, with a sworn statement denying any wrongdoing, in an effort to oppose his arrest via Hawks.

A Safa authentic advised BBC Recreation Africa he didn’t have additional information about the case.

Jordaan has confronted rising scrutiny amid ongoing allegations of mismanagement and corruption inside of South African soccer – however has maintained his innocence and is reportedly in the hunt for a fourth time period as Safa president.

Critics of Jordaan have referred to as on him to surrender, pointing to the failure of the lads’s nationwide group to qualify for a Global Cup since 2010 in addition to the rustic’s deteriorating grassroots soccer infrastructure.