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Patrice Motsepe
Sole candidate South African Patrice Motsepe was confirmed as Confederation of African Football (CAF) president in Rabat Friday, and pleaded for unity as he seeks to fix the troubled organisation.
“Africa needs collective wisdom, but also the exceptional talent and wisdom of every (national football association) president and every member nation,” he said.
“When we all work together, football in Africa will experience success and growth that it has not enjoyed in the past.”
Africa has suffered serious setbacks in recent years with all five qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia eliminated after the first round — the continent’s worst showing in 36 years.
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Sole candidate Patrice Motsepe was confirmed as Confederation of African Football (CAF) president in Rabat Friday, and the South African mining magnate pleaded for unity as he seeks to fix the troubled organisation. © Phill Magakoe Billionaire South African businessman Patrice Motsepe was the sole candidate to become president of the Confederation of African Football under a FIFA-brokered deal
"Africa needs collective wisdom, but also the exceptional talent and wisdom of every (national football association) president and every member nation," Motsepe said.
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PATRICE Motsepe has been confirmed as the first South African president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Motsepe, whose candidacy was announced by the SA Football Association (SAFA) in November, stood unopposed at CAF’s 43rd General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco, on Friday. He will serve a four-year term until the next elective congress in 2025.
This came after a deal was concluded over the past month that saw Motsepe’s rivals – Senegal’s Augustin Senghor‚ Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya and Jacques Anouma of Ivory Coast – withdraw their candidacies in exchange for leadership and executive positions. Senghor and Yahya have been offered vice-presidencies‚ and Anouma an advisory role.
MadagascarMauritaniaQatarEgyptMamelodiGautengSouth-africaMoroccoCameroonRabatRabat-saleemmour-zaëmoCoted-ivoireBillionaire South African Patrice Motsepe has been confirmed as the first personality from English speaking part of the continent to be elected president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Motsepe, whose candidacy was announced by the SA Football Association (SAFA) in November, stood unopposed at CAF’s 43rd General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco, on Friday. He will serve a four-year term until the next elective congress in 2025.
Motsepe’s predecessor, Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar, unseated the 29-year reign of Cameroonian Issa Hayatou in 2017, but was banned from football for five years by FIFA for ethics violations in 2020.
The punishment has been reduced to three years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
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