Rabat: South African Patrice Motsepe Elected New CAF President

Rabat: South African Patrice Motsepe Elected New CAF President
Friday 12 March 2021 - 13:52

The South African Patrice Motsepe was elected, Friday in Rabat, new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a five-year term.

Motsepe was the only one in the running to succeed the Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad to lead CAF, after the withdrawal of the Ivorian Jacques Anouma, the Senegalese Augustin Senghor and the Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya.

The South African (59) is the president of the South African club Mamelodi Sundowns FC.

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