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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>African soccer leader Patrice Motsepe was re-elected Wednesday and urged working with private financiers to help federations build national stadiums in countries where government budgets are tight.<\/p>\n

The 54 member federations of the Confederation of African Football \u2014 12 of whom currently cannot host national-team games in international competitions \u2014 elected Motsepe by acclaim unopposed to have a second four-year term.<\/p>\n

Motsepe, a South African billionaire with mining interests, also renews his $300,000-a-year position as a vice president at FIFA, whose president Gianni Infantino sat with Motsepe on stage Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The owner of Mamelodi Sundowns, which will play in the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States in June, Motsepe has strong political connections as a brother-in-law of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

Motsepe referred Wednesday to his talks with other heads of African governments.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the heads of state I meet, they say to me,\u201d Motsepe told African soccer leaders, \u201c\u2019Whatever money we have, we have got to pay back our loans. We love football but we have to ask ourselves should we take the money to build a stadium or build a hospital or build a clinic or spend more on education.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a love for football but the support of the government is not as strong as it can be. And it is not because the governments don\u2019t love football,” he said.<\/p>\n

Motsepe said there are now only 12 CAF members, compared to 38 in recent years, which do not have stadiums certified for international games. Those include qualifiers for the World Cup and African Cup of Nations which must be played in neutral countries, often Morocco.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for us it is 12 too many,\u201d the CAF president said, promising to engage more with private financiers. \u201cYou cannot develop football in any country in Africa if the national teams and clubs do not play in front of their supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Africa has a record nine guaranteed places at the first 48-team men’s World Cup next year being hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Morocco became the first African team ever to reach the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Four African teams will play at the 32-team Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

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