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FIFA has banned CAF President Ahmad Ahmad for five years

African soccer confederation and FIFA vice president Ahmad Ahmad was banned from all football-related activity for five years by the sport’s governing body on Monday over financial misconduct.

The ban was announced during the Madagascan official’s campaign to be re-elected for four more years as the head of African soccer.

Ahmad Ahmad

The FIFA ethics committee found “Ahmad had breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President.

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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and the nine provincial MECs, as well as senior officials at the department, were locked in a meeting discussing how a Grade 12 science exam paper was leaked on Monday, just hours before pupils sat for the exam. Learn more

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