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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Sports minister Zizi Kodwa is \u201cvery worried\u201d about the developments at the crisis-riddled South African Football Association (Safa).<\/p>\n

Last month, Safa\u2019s headquarters in Nasrec, Johannesburg were raided by the serious commercial crime investigation unit (Hawks) in connection with allegations of fraud and theft amounting to R1.3m linked to embattled president Danny Jordaan. Safa responded to the raid by threatening to sue the Hawks for naming Jordaan as someone they were investigating.<\/p>\n

The Confederation of African Football (Caf), which is led by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has also raised its concern about the respect for and image of the sport in the country.<\/p>\n

Kodwa on Tuesday said he will meet the association\u2019s officials to engage on the developments at Safa House. He will also meet former Safa vice-president Ria Ledwaba, who has called on Fifa to investigate Safa. Safa last month declared Ledwaba \u201cpersona non-grata\u201d at the association but later withdrew that banishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter my letter following a few incidents I saw in the public, I received correspondence from the CEO of Safa [Lydia Monyepao] indicating that the president [Jordaan] was out of the country,\u201d Kodwa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CEO indicated they will want the president, who was with Bafana Bafana in Algeria, to be present when Safa meets with me. I am ready to engage them because I am very worried about certain developments at Safa because they are not good for football in this country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t prejudice the leadership of Safa because I have not had an opportunity to meet them but I have said it publicly that I am worried about certain developments including the language that was used [by Safa] about Ria Ledwaba. \u201cThat language of banishment, persona non-grata, I asked myself, \u2018What kind of language is this?\u2019 Interestingly, Safa has withdrawn that \u2014 hopefully there will be an explanation for that but the point is that I am worried about developments in our football federation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kodwa said his meeting with Ledwaba, who has declared that Safa has collapsed, will be to hear her side of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has been looking to meet me. At any time the diary allows, I will meet her like I met with boxing promoters today. She does want to meet me and I owe her an audience and I will meet her.\u201d Kodwa was speaking after attending the Pretoria high court hearing into the National Professional Boxing Promoters Association’s (NPBPA) court application against the Boxing SA board the minister appointed.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Sports minister Zizi Kodwa is \u201cvery worried\u201d about the developments at the crisis-riddled South African Football Association (Safa). Last month, Safa\u2019s headquarters in Nasrec, Johannesburg were raided by the serious commercial crime investigation unit (Hawks) in connection with allegations of fraud and theft amounting to R1.3m linked to embattled president Danny Jordaan. 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