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TimesLive reports that in a strange and awkward press conference, former SA Football Association (Safa) CEO Tebogo Motlanthe dismissed suggestions of ill-feeling between him and the federation’s hierarchy before he hastily left the briefing.
Motlanthe resigned with immediate effect on Friday. Various media reports indicated that he quit because he felt he was nothing but a “glorified clerk” and his “constitutional right to privacy was tampered with”. Motlanthe was part of the press conference where Safa president Danny Jordaan announced former Banyana Banyana player and the organisation’s COO Lydia Monyepao as the first woman CEO of the football mother body. In a bid to clear the air, Jordaan said it was best to call on Motlanthe to explain that there was no bad blood. When he took the stage, Motlanthe spoke about a resignation letter said to be his and said: “It’s true that I have tendered a resignation which I have signed, the one which is on social media I would like to categorically say that it’s not my letter. Mine has a signature and has my reasons. My reasons are simple, [they are] personal and private.” Despite leaving on a “good note”, the former CEO opted against serving a required one-month notice. “I said to the association that I will not be serving a month notice, I’m resigning with immediate effect, and as in my contract, they can then take my salary from that,” Motlanthe indicated. He left the presser without entertaining any questions from the media. Stories of discord between Safa CEOs and the president have become the norm when Safa CEOs call it quits. Safa has yet to discuss the details of Monyepao’s new contract.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sithembiso Dindi at TimesLive
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