-
South Africa: Soccer Chief Denies U.S.$10 Millon Was a Bribe
News24Wire, 31 May 2015
Comment was not immediately available on Sunday's reports that SA Football Association (SAFA) President and new Nelson Mandela Bay metro mayor Danny Jordaan knew about a transfer… Read more »
-
Africa: FIFA Scandal - Where Do We Stand Now?
News24Wire, 29 May 2015
The world of football was thrown into disarray on Wednesday in Zurich when Swiss police swooped in on a luxury hotel to arrest a number of FIFA members indicted over corruption… Read more »
-
Africa: FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter Questions Hotel Raid Timing
RFI, 29 May 2015
FIFA President Sepp Blatter questioned the timing of a police raid that led to the arrest of key football officials just two days ahead of Friday's presidential vote. Read more »
-
South Africa: My Govt Would Never Have Paid World Cup Bribe - Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki Foundation, 29 May 2015
As former President of the Republic of South Africa, I have noted reports alleging that bribes were solicited and paid to some officials of the Fédération… Read more »
-
South Africa: Soccer Bosses Stay Mum
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
Very few members of the Soccer World Cup 2010 Local Organising Committee were responding to calls and messages on Thursday following allegations that two high-ranking South African… Read more »
-
South Africa: Fifa Bribery Story Dominates Social Networks in SA
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
Discussion of the Fifa bribery scandal has made its way into one in every three social media posts in South Africa, beating Eskom, xenophobia, and Africa Day, media monitoring… Read more »
-
South Africa: SA Investigated FIFA - Invesigative Reporter
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
Scottish investigative reporter, Andrew Jennings, insists that South Africa hired a private investigator to probe FIFA during their 2010 Soccer World Cup bid. Read more »
-
South Africa: 10 Things SA Could Have Done With U.S.$10 Million Fifa Bribe
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
It emerged on Wednesday that two South Africans allegedly paid $S10m (about R100m in 2010) in bribes to FIFA officials for the country to host the Soccer World Cup in that year. Read more »
-
South Africa: FIFA Bribe 'Paid in $10 000 Stacks'
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
High-ranking South African football and government officials stand accused of offering a $10m bribe to secure the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Read more »
-
South Africa: Jordaan Mum On Fifa Scandal
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
Having just been sworn in as the executive mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Danny Jordaan refused to comment on allegations of corruption relating to the 2010 World Cup, or how this… Read more »
-
Africa: 'Clean Audit' for 2010 World Cup, South African Minister Says
News24Wire, 28 May 2015
South Africa's government will co-operate with the investigators of the corruption scandal that has hit football's governing body. Read more »
-
South Africa: FIFA's U.S. $10 Milllion Bribe 'to Support the African Diaspora'
allAfrica, 28 May 2015
Excerpts from the indictment accusing certain FIFA officials and business executives of corruption in organising international football over two decades. The full text of the… Read more »
-
South Africa: Bribery Allegedly Won 2010 World Cup for South Africa
allAfrica, 27 May 2015
The FIFA corruption scandal rocking the football world has cast a shadow over the historic decision to stage the 2010 World Cup in Africa. Read more »
-
Africa: Blatter Supporters May Be in Prison During FIFA Election - Expert
RFI, 27 May 2015
The arrest of senior members of Fifa is "quite extraordinary", an expert told RFI Wednesday as two criminal investigations into corruption within world football's governing body… Read more »
-
Africa: Top Soccer Officials Arrested at FIFA Meeting
allAfrica, 27 May 2015
Swiss police swooped on a leading Zurich hotel early on Wednesday morning and arrested top officials attending meetings of football's governing body, FIFA. Later in the morning,… Read more »
-
South Africa: Fifa Arrests - Six Things We Know After Wednesday
Daily Maverick, 27 May 2015
Wednesday saw one of the biggest-ever raids on FIFA, with six top officials arrested and 14 more charged in an investigation that has spanned over three years. ANTOINETTE MULLER… Read more »
-
South Africa: Analysis - What the FBI Says About SA's Alleged 2010 Involvement in Bribery
Daily Maverick, 27 May 2015
South Africa's 2010 World Cup has become embroiled in a massive scandal as part of a broader investigation into FIFA's corruption, bribery, money laundering and racketeering. But… Read more »
-
South Africa: The Day Fifa Stole a Part of Us
Daily Maverick, 27 May 2015
On Wednesday morning, the unthinkable happened. The top brass of FIFA, although not the king himself, were arrested. In Zurich, of all places - where those who are rich and seek… Read more »
FIFA Corruption Scandal Now Stains South Africa
As the scope of the FIFA corruption scandal began to unfold, the process of awarding of the 2010 World Cup to South Africa became the subject of bribery allegations.
Top football officials and corporate executives face charges in the United States, and continuing investigations in Switzerland, after law enforcement agents made arrests at a luxury Swiss hotel and raided the offices of FIFA on Wednesday.
