Federation Internationale de Football Association bans Lindile Kika over pre-2010 World Cup match-fixing scandal

Officials who have resigned from football are no longer exempt from ethics committee action, and Kika has now been banned “from all football-related activities at national and worldwide level for six years”, said a FIFA statement.

“The investigation was led by the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the ethics committee, Dr Cornel Borbely, in collaboration with the Federation Internationale de Football Association security division”, the statement continued.

Kika violated several elements of FIFA’s ethics code, including its general rules of conduct and standards on disclosure, conflicts of interest and loyalty, ESPN reported.

A South African soccer official was banned by Federation Internationale de Football Association for six years on Wednesday as part of a match-fixing investigation involving friendly games ahead of the 2010 World Cup.

“The Association will continue to work with the South African Government and Fifa to root out any misconduct in the organisation of matches and other football activities”.

Kika has previously denied any wrongdoing.

The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has effected the ban.

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have also been suspended following a corruption scandal that has shaken the world of football.

A meeting of Safa’s executive committee at the time decided the emergency committee went beyond on their mandate in suspending the officials.

Safa said it would co-operate with any further investigations.