David GOMBE
Dr.Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a second term.
The South African was re-elected for the next four years at the CAF Extraordinary General Assembly is an elective congress held on Wednesday in Cairo.
Motsepe’s second term in charge of African football was decided before Wednesday’s events in Cairo after he became the first and only contender to run for office.
The lack of challengers could be seen as a vote of confidence in the South African’s presidency so far, having come to Caf at a time of crisis.
In 2021 he succeeded Ahmad of Madagascar who had become the first Caf president to be banned by Fifa.
During his first term, the African football body has grown financially, making a $72m (£55.5m) profit from the 2023 Afcon that was held in Ivory Coast. It had a sum of 18 times bigger than that generated by the previous edition.
