Zuma backs Hayatou against Cosafa
Caf President IssaHayatou with the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma |
The Confederation of African Football (Caf)
announced that South Africa's President, Jacob Zuma, had pledged his full
support to Caf president IssaHayatou ahead of African football's upcoming
elections.
It followed a meeting on Saturday morning
when President Zuma received Hayatou at his residence in Pretoria. The meeting came just six days after
the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) announced it was
endorsing Hayatou's rival Ahmad Ahmad as a Caf presidential candidate.
South
African Sports Minister FikileMbalula, South African Football Association
(Safa) President Danny Jordaan and MamelodiSundowns President Patrice Motsepe
were also present at Saturday's meeting with President Zuma.
South
Africa's MamelodiSundowns, winners of the African Champions League, were
scheduled to host the continent's Confederation Cup winners, TP Mazembe of the
Democratic Republic of Congo, later on Saturday.
IssaHayatou,
who has presided over African football since 1988, will be seeking an eighth
term in office when he stands in the elections in March to be held in Ethiopia.
The
Cameroonian was re-elected unopposed during the last Caf presidential elections
in 2013.
He
had previously stated this term would be his last until a change of regulations
altered his stance.
In
2015, Caf voted to change the statutes which previously stopped officials
serving past the age of 70.
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