Jordaan expected to triumph over Ledwaba for SAFA presidency, but will it dim her light?

Ria Ledwaba has caused quite a stir in the leadup to the SAFA elective congress but her clamour won't be enough to dethrone current president, Danny Jordaan. If that is the case, what will her next move be? Tashreeq Vardien asks.

When the steel trip gong sounds for the beginning of a boxing match, each fighter in the ring has a puncher's chance of winning the bout despite all the prior analysis and trash-talking. The term "puncher's chance" explicitly refers to the boxer who is outmatched but could still win the fight with one or two clean punches.

Ria Ledwaba, the rousing challenger who is eager to dethrone Danny Jordaan as SAFA president, has the same kind of chance heading to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg for the elective congress on Saturday, 25 June.

The incumbent, Jordaan, remains the favourite ahead of candidates Ledwaba and Solly Mohlabeng for an astonishingly third term in office. Ledwaba and millions of South Africans agree that the jig is up as the 70-year-old underperformed in his role as the federation's leader.

Jordaan has a stronghold within the SAFA ranks that gives him the upper hand over his opponents to continue to lead the federation as his posse does not want to fall out of the circle of trust.

National executive committee (NEC) members Anastasia Tsichlas and Emma Hendricks are two figures who have come out publicly in support of Jordaan.

Hendricks, a newcomer, chose strong words to express that she did not want to see Ledwaba voted in as president. Tsichlas said that they did not want to "break" the blueprint that got Jordaan so far because more work needs to be done.

Both Tsichlas and Hendricks are strong candidates for a vice-president role. In terms of SAFA laws, at least one of the four