By REGINALD KANYANE
13 July 2025- The South African Football Association (SAFA) has dismissed the latest claim that there is money missing at the Association. As recently as 28 June 2025, SAFA once again submitted an unqualified audit report, which was tabled before the Association’s highest decision-making body, the Congress, and it was then approved by the Congress held at the Sandton Convention Centre.
SAFA CEO, Lydia Monyepao said the meeting in Sandton dealt with various issues, including the financial statement, which was approved unanimously by all of the SAFA Members. Monyepao said they must state clearly that since 1991, SAFA has submitted unqualified audit reports and there has never been a year where they did not table an audited financial report.
“On the question of money missing at SAFA, we have issued several statements and addressed this claim, including on 5 May 2025, 16 March 2024 and 8 March 2024, and said there is no money missing at SAFA. Let us reiterate, there is no money missing from SAFA.
“The ability to sign our cheques is the responsibility of the SAFA CEO, the CFO and the COO, and no other person can sign cheques on behalf of the Association,” she said.
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