In an attempt to clear his name following his five-year ban from football three years ago by world governing body Fifa, former SAFA chief executive officer Leslie Sedibe will return to the Johannesburg High Court on Friday.
Sedibe, the Siya crew has learnt, is suing his former employers for R5-million – seven years after allegations of match-fixing involving Bafana Bafana matches prior to the 2010 World Cup first emerged and were reported on.
Sedibe was SAFA CEO for 13 months, a tenure he once described as "painful" and was in that position at the time claims that Bafana games against Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala in May 2010 were targeted by match-fixers from Asian online betting syndicates.
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Sedibe has always maintained that he was the fall guy and will now get his day in court on Friday after it was initially postponed on August 8, 2017. SAFA, too, will send its legal team to cross-question witnesses in the case.
The former football administrator recently linked SAFA president Danny Jordaan to the Guptas and asked the police to investigate the 67-year-old for his role in facilitating payment of R140-million to then Fifa vice president Jack Warner and other executives to secure rights to the 2010 World Cup. SAFA has since denied all of Sedibe's claims.
