“In the late 1980s‚ after the second state of emergency it was clear that apartheid was coming to an end‚ and in 1987 the ANC in exile gave the instruction that the end is near and there must be an end of these racially-separated bodies‚ and we should form one single body.
Jordaan said each president of the four racial associations vied for the interim chairmanship of newly-formed Safa when it was formed in 1991‚ to negotiate with the Confederation of African Football for South Africa’s readmission. The first CEO of the PSL‚ of which the NSL was the precursor‚ Trevor Phillips‚ like Bhamjee a marketing guru who took the sport professionally to new financial heights‚ died on January 11.
An important part of Bhamjee’s legacy was that he was the driving force behind the construction of FNB Stadium‚ football’s first venue it owned‚ from 1986 to 1989. The 78‚000-seat venue was rebuilt into its 95‚000-capacity current incarnation as the venue for the 2010 Fifa World Cup opening game and final.
“The PRO was a guy who was on the field‚ who would run around the stadium – Chiefs’ Louis Tshakoane‚ and later Putco Mafani‚ and ‘Goldfinger’ [Alex Shakoane] from Sundowns all used the Bhamjee template to shake up the crowds‚” Jordaan said.
He was corrupt
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