Safa in hot water for defying court orders regarding women's league

Judge fines execs R50 OOO; lawyers wanted them jailed

- By Bongani Mdakane

The South African Football Association (Safa) has incurred the wrath of the law after its Western Cape branch defied two orders from the Western Cape High Court.

Safa Western Cape, Safa's Western Cape chairperson Tankiso Modipa, and the provincial executive officer, Nadia Konstabel who are first respondent, second respondent and third respondents repectively, were fined R50000 each for cocking a snook at the court orders.

Safa found itself on the wrong side of the law after 14 clubs that play in the Sasol Women's League in the province took Safa Western Cape, Modipa and Konstabel to court on an urgent basis.

They did so after complaining about how Safa had failed to adhere to the initial court orders regarding the participation of clubs in the league, including funding grants and competition money owed to them.

In a court document we have seen, the clubs stated that the organisation led by Danny Jordaan as president had failed to adhere to the rulings made against the federation on March 6 and March 24.