Mama Joy is in court to support Safa boss Danny Jordaan. Picture: X/ @JoyChauke5
As South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan returns to court amid R1.3 million fraud allegations, he has found a supporter in superfan Joy ‘Mama Joy’ Chauke.
Mama Joy is a popular figure at sporting events, travelling around the world often at taxpayers’ expense to support our national teams.
But she found herself in the darker and duller Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Palm Ridge, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
There Jordaan is appealing his arrest and the raid on his home and wants his case struck off the roll as a result.
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Posting snaps of herself with Jordaan in court, Mama Joy said she had come to support her president.
“I still say: Hands off my president Danny Jordaan.”
In a message posted on X by an account in her name, she said she would ask the court to drop the charges against the Safa boss, but did not explain why she believed it should do so.
“Have patience and wait for the court to prove that he is [not] guilty. For now, Hands off”.
Jordaan was arrested alongside Safa Chief Financial Officer Gronie Hluyo and businessman Trevor Neethling.
The trio has been charged with fraud for allegedly misusing R1.3 million of the association’s funds for personal gain. They are currently each out on R20 000 bail.
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The court will also hear an application for Jordaan’s lawyers to be changed because of a conflict of interest.
“The state alleges that the lawyer representing Mr Jordaan is conflicted and we may be bringing such evidence before the court and then the court can then take a decision,” National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said.
If the court rules there is a conflict Jordaan will have to find another legal representative.
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