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Ace Ncobo will not run for Safa's top job

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FIFA representative Phillip Chiyangwa has confirmed that Ace Ncobo will not stand in the upcoming SAFA presidential elections after a meeting held with SAFA on Wednesday ahead of the planned Elective Congress.

Chiyangwa met with SAFA President Danny Jordaan and Ace Ncobo and revealed that an agreement between the two parties had been signed that ends an ugly public dispute.


"I am here to resolve some issues around the upcoming SAFA elections," Chiyangwa told reporters on Wednesday in a press conference which was held in Sandton.

"SAFA will elect an Electorial Committee before the elections can take place, so there will be no congress on 24 March."

"Danny Jordaan and Ace Ncobo are both celebrated in SA football. I had a meeting with SAFA and it has led to this scenario. There is an agreement that has been signed by both parties.

"I have no beef with any South African. I don't want there to be fighting in any associations. I don't want to talk about the elections, my job here was to resolve any fights, that's my mandate."

The former Premier Soccer League (PSL) referee and general manager received a single vote against Jordaan's 52 votes during the presidency nominations.

Ncobo requested FIFA to put SAFA under administration for the code of conduct the association has breached over the years. On Wednesday he also posted a picture as evidence of an impending interdict that he was planning to serve SAFA.

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