JOHANNESBURG - The South African Football Association (SAFA) is preparing to pursue former presidential challengers Ria Ledwaba and Solly Mohlabeng for legal costs incurred during a series of court battles against the association.
Under re-elected president Danny Jordaan, SAFA says it will take legal steps to recover money spent defending multiple challenges brought by the duo.
The association is expected to send its first claim to Ledwaba and Mohlabeng in the coming days.
The move follows the recent dismissal, with costs, of their Constitutional Court application for leave to appeal.
Ledwaba and Mohlabeng had sought to overturn the outcome of SAFA’s 2022 presidential election. They also challenged their loss of standing within the association’s structures.
Their latest legal setback resulted in a costs order against them, which SAFA now intends to pursue.
The development comes shortly after Jordaan secured another term as the head of South African football’s governing body.
Jordaan was re-elected for a fourth term at SAFA’s elective congress this past weekend, defeating challenger Sandile Zungu.
He received 157 votes, while Zungu secured 82.
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