The race that was initially among four candidates thus could culminate in South African businessman and club owner, Patrice Motsepe, emerging as the new CAF president. The CAF president is automatically a deputy to the FIFA leader. Sources close to the CAF presidential race confirmed that an agreement was settled and a document signed according to which the other candidates will support Motsepe. “Patrice Motsepe is a man of word, principles and high moral standards,”a president of a sub-Saharan African football federation has been quoted as saying. Last week, Motsepe launched his ten-point Action Plan manifesto, called Building African Football to be Best in the World.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 03, 2021 10:07 UTC