SAFA confirm death threats on eve of Elective Congress

In a press release on Friday, SAFA CEO advocate Tebogo Motlanthe said security around the Convention Centre has been strengthened.

"We have strengthened the security for obvious reasons. Already two of the members got death threats and we are not taking them lightly," said Motlanthe.

"We have opened cases with the police and as the Association, we are also opening a case because we do not know, and we have a duty to protect the lives of members and that will be done.

"When a matter is being investigated, we cannot say much, but the delegates reported that they received [the death threats], and we are dealing with it."

Jordaan, Ria Ledwaba and Solly Mahlobeng will face off for the SAFA presidency at the Elective Congress.

The elections will be held for the position of SAFA president, the national executive committee as well as the provincial office. 

Both FIFA and CAF have sent delegations to run the rule over Congress as observers.

Motlanthe insists the Elective Congress would go ahead on Saturday after withstanding several court attempts to stop it and also shrugging off pickets and demonstrations.

"The role of third parties and what the constitution says about it, we will not focus much on it," he said.

"We know that people who are voting are the football Regions, which are members, associate members and the special member. So that is where our focus is, and that is why we are protecting them [the delegates].

"There have been a lot of people that have been picketing, but we are not focused on that, and ours is to focus on the main thing."

SAFA president Danny Jordaan reaffirmed the position of world governing body FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to protect the right of its members to freely exercise their