Zimbabwe: Safa Chief Held for Fraud

Pretoria. — South African soccer chief Danny Jordaan, who helped bring the first-ever FIFA World Cup tournament to Africa, has been arrested on fraud and theft charges.

Jordaan is accused of using about R1,3 million ($72,372) of South African Football Association (SAFA) funds to hire a public relations firm and a private security company for his personal benefit.

His arrest follows a raid by the country’s Special Investigating Unit at the offices of SAFA in March “where an assortment of…