Newly elected South African Football Association (Safa) President Kirsten Nematandani says he is disturbed by media reports attributed to some disgruntled members seeking to undermine the stability of the association.

This comes after reports that 30 of the 52 Safa regions say they do not recognise Nematandani as their president and saying they plan to challenge his election to the Safa presidency.

Commenting on these reports, Nematandani said it was irresponsible for people to sow confusion in the football family by talking ill about the democratic electoral process, especially at a time when the country should be focusing attention on the last and critical stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup preparations, including rallying support for Bafana Bafana.

"The media reports about people who undermine the democratically elected leadership of Safa are unfortunate, and they bring the Association and its sponsors into disrepute," said Nematandani.

He added: "The 2009 Safa's elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) convened in terms of the Association's constitution, has come and gone, any member who is aggrieved should act procedurally in terms of the constitution that governs football in our country, and it is disingenuous of people to violate the constitution they purport to uphold."

Meanwhile, Safa will hold its first Management Committee meeting on Monday to discuss amongst others the latest reports.

"We are going to discuss a number of issues including tabling reports of our meeting with Sepp Blatter and Issa Hayatou, we will also finalise our comprehensive presentation to Parliament’s Sport Portfolio Committee on Tuesday," explained Nematandani.

"Parliament will be briefed on the elective AGM so that this matter can be put to rest, we have important projects of national and international interest and we can't afford to be side tracked by people who just can't accept the results of the elections," concluded Nematandani.


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