Danny Jordaan

Daniel Alexander "Danny" Jordaan (an haife shi a ranar 3 ga watan Satumba 1951) shi ne shugaban Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Afirka ta Kudu (SAFA).  Shi tsohon malami ne, dan siyasa kuma mai fafutukar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya jagoranci gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA na shekarar 2010 na Afirka ta Kudu, wanda shine na farko da ya yi nasara a Afirka, da kuma rashin nasarar da ƙasar ta yi a shekaru huɗu da suka gabata na gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2006, kuma shi ne babban jami'in gudanarwa na gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA na 2010 Afrika ta Kudu.  Shi ne kuma tsohon magajin garin Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, wanda ya yi aiki daga watan Mayu 2015 har zuwa watan Agusta 2016.

Ya yi hidimar FIFA a fannoni da yawa, ciki har da, a matsayin Babban Jami'in Gudanar da Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na Matasa (yanzu FIFA U-20 World Cup), 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup da 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan. Ya kuma kasance kwamishinan wasa na gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA na 2006 kuma memba na kwamitin shirya gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006. Ya yi aiki a kwamitin shirya gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 da kuma 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Organizing Committee.

Jordan kuma memba ne na Majalisar Kasuwanci ta Duniya. 

 Aiki 
An haifi Danny Jordaan a Port Elizabeth ga Maxine da Alexandre Jordaan. Ya shiga cikin ayyukan yaki da wariyar launin fata ta hanyar shiga kungiyar daliban Afirka ta Kudu (SASO) a farkon shekarun 1970, kungiyar da Steve Biko ya kafa domin kare hakkin ɗalibai baƙaƙen fata. Daga baya, Jordaan kuma ya zama memba na United Democratic Front da African National Congress (ANC). 

Bayan karatunsa, Jordan ya zama malami a cikin shekarar 1974. Daga 1970 zuwa 1983 ya kasance ɗan wasan kurket na lardin kuma ɗan wasan kwallon kafa. A cikin wasanni na ƙarshe, ya sami matsayi na sana'a na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Ba da da ɗewa ba, sha'awarsa ta siyasa da wasanni ta haɗu kuma ya zama mai fafutuka a ƙungiyoyi daban-daban masu fafutuka don wargaza shingen launin fata a wasanni. 

Daga shekarar 1983 zuwa 1992 ya kasance shugaban ƙasa ko mataimakin shugaban hukumar kwallon kafa daban-daban. A cikin shekarar 1993, an nada shi a matsayin darekta na Kamfanin Bid Olympic na Cape Town.  

Har ila yau harkar siyasarsa ta ci gaba; a shekarar 1990 aka zabe shi a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar ANC reshen Port Elizabeth ta Arewa. Bayan zaben Afrika ta Kudu na farko da ya kunshi baki daya a shekarar 1994, ya zama dan majalisa na jam'iyyar ANC karkashin sabon zababben zababben Nelson Mandela, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa shekarar 1997. 

A 1997, an zabe shi a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na SAFA. Daga baya ya jagoranci Afirka ta Kudu a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a 2006, wanda bai yi nasara ba a gasar cin kofin duniya a 2006, da kadan ya sha kashi a hannun Jamus amma ya sami girmamawa sosai a duniya game da aikinsa. Sakamakon haka, ya kuma jagoranci Afrika ta Kudu a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA na 2010, a wannan karon cikin nasara. 

Jordaan ya yi aiki a hukumar tallace-tallace da talabijin na FIFA tun 1998. 

A ranar 28 ga watan Satumba 2013, an zaɓi Jordaan a matsayin sabon shugaban hukumar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka ta Kudu (SAFA), wanda ya gaji Kirsten Nematandani.  An zaɓe shi ne gaban Mandla Mazibuko da kuri'u 162 da 88 daga yankuna 52. 

Dangane da batun cin hanci da rashawa na FIFA na 2015, Jordaan ya yarda ya biya dala miliyan 10 ga watan kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Jack Warner a 2008, amma ya musanta cewa cin hanci ne don karbar bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2010. 

A ranar 13 ga watan Nuwamba, 2024, an kama Jordaan bisa zargin almubazaranci R1.3 miliyan ($72,372) na kuɗaɗen SAFA don daukar hayar huldar jama'a da kamfanonin tsaro don amfanin kai. 

 Ilimi 
Jordaan yana da digiri na BA daga Jami'ar Western Cape da digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu.

 Kyautattuka 
Ya samu lambar yabo ta musamman ta shugaban ƙasa daga shugaba Nelson Mandela a shekarar 1994 da kuma lambar yabo na nasarar wasanni na shugaban kasa daga shugaba Thabo Mbeki a shekarar 2001.  Ya lashe kyautar gwarzon ɗan kasuwa na Afirka ta Kudu a shekara ta 2000. A cikin 2004, an zaɓe shi a matsayi na 44 a cikin Manyan 100 na Afirka ta Kudu mafi girma kuma mai bayar da labarai na shekara. Ya sami lambar yabo ta magajin gari daga magajin garin Los Angeles, California a ranar 24 ga Oktoba 2004. A wannan shekarar, ya lashe gasar kwallon kafa ta Afirka "mafi burgewa" tare da Molefi Oliphant da Irvin Khosa.  An ba shi lambar yabo ta Ikhamanga a Zinariya a shekarar cikin 2011 don tabbatar da cewa Afirka ta Kudu ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA na 2010 mai nasara. 

An bai wa Jordaan 'yanci na birnin Maracaibo, Venezuela. Ya kuma samu lambobin yabo da dama daga wasu garuruwan Afirka ta Kudu. 

Ya samu digirin girmamawa huɗu daga: Jami'ar Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (D.Phil); Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu (D. Admin); almajiransa, Jami'ar Western Cape (D. Phil); kuma a watan Mayu 2015 daga Jami'ar Fort Hare (D. Admin). 

 Zargin fyaɗe 
A watan Nuwamban 2017, Jordaan ya fitar da sanarwa ta hannun lauyansa na musanta zargin da mawakiya kuma tsohuwar ‘yar majalisa Jennifer Ferguson ta yi mata na yi mata fyaɗe shekaru 24 da suka gabata.  Ferguson ya fara wallafa zarge-zargen nata ne a Facebook a watan Oktoba, inda ta ce kamfen da #MeToo ne ya zaburar da ita.  Daga baya Ferguson ya zargi lauya Norman Arendse da kamun kifi domin samun bayanan da za a iya amfani da su wajen bata mata suna, a madadin Jordaan. Arendse ya musanta ikirarin biyun.  A makon da ya gabata ne dai aka yi zargin cewa Jordaan ya gaza ɗaukar mataki kan wata ma’aikaciya da aka zarga da laifin fyaɗe a makon da wata majiya da ba a bayyana sunanta ba ta zargi Ferguson amma kungiyar SAFA ta musanta hakan.   Har sai da Jordaan ya bayyana, wasu wallafe-wallafen Afirka ta Kudu sun ƙi bayyana sunansa, kamar yadda wasu suka yi.  A watan Afrilun 2018 Jordaan ta bakin lauyansa ya yi kira ga hukumar ‘yan sandan Afirka ta Kudu da ta gaggauta bincikensu domin a iya bayyana gaskiyar lamarin. Ya kuma musanta zargin.   Wasu kafofin watsa labaru sun yi tambaya ko zargin fyaden wani bangare ne na wani shiri na siyasa don bata sunan Jordaan gabanin zaɓukan SAFA mai cike da takaddama da za a yi a watan Maris na 2018. An yi hasashen cewa Jordaan za a sake zaben baki daya a matsayin Shugaban hukumar da ke kula da kwallon kafa a ƙasar. 

 Manazarta 

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