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Double blow for disgruntled members – South African Football Association

7 September 2026 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling dismissing, with costs, the application for leave to appeal brought by Ria Ledwaba and Solly Mohlabeng, marking the conclusive end of the road for their long-standing legal challenge against the Association. The Court found that the application for leave

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7 September 2026 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling dismissing, with costs, the application for leave to appeal brought by Ria Ledwaba and Solly Mohlabeng, marking the conclusive end of the road for their long-standing legal challenge against the Association.

The Court found that the application for leave to appeal did not engage its jurisdiction and bore no reasonable prospect of success. Both leave to file a replying affidavit and leave to appeal were accordingly refused, with costs.

This ruling brings finality to a matter that has moved through the Pretoria High Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, and now the Constitutional Court, the highest Court in the land. At every stage, the Courts have consistently rejected the Applicants’ efforts to re-litigate the outcome of the 2022 SAFA Presidential elections and to challenge their loss of standing within SAFA structures.

This marks the seventh time in under four years that Ledwaba and Mohlabeng have failed in their legal attempts to disrupt the Association. Their repeated Court defeats underscore their ongoing attempts to distract SAFA from its commitment to develop football in the country. The Constitutional Court’s decision puts the matter to rest conclusively.

SAFA, together with its legal representatives, Mphahlele & Motlanthe Attorneys Inc, welcomes this outcome as a vindication of the integrity of its electoral processes and the finality of the High Court and SCA judgments. SAFA remains resolute in its mission to foster the growth of football, promote social cohesion, and unite the country through the power of the sport. This judgment reaffirms SAFA’s commitment to develop football in South Africa and safeguarding its governance and administration from unwarranted disruptions.

In another matter, SAFA also welcomes the decision by the arbitrator to throw out the challenge of the election outcome in the Nelson Mandela Bay Region. After the Court threw out the initial challenge, the matter was taken to arbitration. The arbitrator has also thrown out the matter.

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