Tebogo Motlanthe appointed Safa CEO
Tebogo Motlanthe has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African Football Association (Safa).
The appointment was announced on Friday at Safa House in Johannesburg
The football association’s Danny Jordan says Motlanthe will serve for five years as CEO.
“He was highly recommended by the interviewing panel and the NEC endorsed his candidature unanimously. He has been appointed on a 5-year tenure and commences with immediate effect.
We are also looking at him strengthening the administration to make SAFA a world-class organization. In his short stint as the acting CEO, he has done extremely well, and we are confident he is going to take SAFA to the next level.”
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Motlanthe says he hopes to secure financial partnership for the national teams.
“I will deliver on my mandate and that includes seeing all of our national teams doing well in their respective competitions. I have also commenced the financial turnaround strategy, but I want to make this sustainable not a once-off thing.”
This while Safa has mandated national teams to participate in major tournaments in 2022.
