Six Year FIFA Ban For Former SAFA Official

Former SAFA official, Lindile ‘Ace’ Kika, has been banned by FIFA from all football-related activities for six years. A statement from FIFA read:

Independent Ethics Committee suspends Lindile Kika from all footballing activity for six years

The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has banned Lindile Kika, a former official of the South African Football Association (SAFA), from all football-related activities at national and international level for six years. The ban is effective immediately.

The proceedings against Lindile Kika were opened in November 2014 in relation to several international friendly matches played in South Africa in 2010. The investigation was led by the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Dr Cornel Borbély, inCOLLABORATION with the FIFA Security Division.

The decision was taken on the basis of art. 13 (General rules of conduct), art. 15 (Loyalty), art. 18 (Duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting), art. 19 (Conflicts of interest) and art. 22 (Commission) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.