21 February 2018 – Job Mchunu was elected new Ekurhuleni SAFA Region President on Tuesday, 20 February 2018. He takes over from Louis Tshakoane.
As most SAFA Regions wind up their election processes, Ekurhuleni was the only remaining Gauteng Region to go for an elective congress.
So far Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Free State have all completed the Regions elective congresses.
Limpopo still has four Regions to go for elections while Mpumalanga has one outstanding Region.
North West has two outstanding Regions still to go for elective congresses while Western Cape has 3 outstanding Regions. KZN, with 11 Regions and is the biggest province in all of SAFA’s Nine Provincial set up has 5 Regions which still have to undertake the election process.
SAFA head of legal, Advocate Tebogo Motlanthe said the processes had gone well in all the Regions which held their elective congresses with little or any hiccups.
He said all Regions will conclude their processes in coming weeks.