Executive Update | 30 December 2025

As its last meeting of the year, the REC met on the 30th of December 2025 to review progress on its remediation programme. With fatigue kicking in, it was no surprise that progress was not as significant as expected; progress was still made.

Due to the holiday season, progress on some Back to Green elements has stalled. Elements that have not seen movement since the last update are:

1. Regulatory Status
2. internal Investigations
3. SAPS Investigations
4. Credit Standing
5. Debt Collection
6. President’s Reinstatement
7. Official Appointment of the Financial Officer

Bank Account

We have been able to change the bank signatories. We are in the process of adding the internet banking layer functionality. This is a significant milestone of the remediation. The new bank account signatories commit to being vigilant with the activities of the bank account. The ‘payments’ section of the Finance Policy will be adhered to and completed, with no deviations.

Financial Crisis Plan

As of last week, we struggled with information, especially regarding who our creditors and debtors are. However, considerable progress has been made in this area. We were able to obtain much of this information, which, after intensive sanitisation, will enable the debt collection process.

Our priorities remain to pay our staff when we have to and to pay the conditional grants to the LFAs. A collection of debts will enable these two priorities at least.

The Crisis Management will itself be reviewed and approved by the REC by the 6th of January 2026. Through this plan, we will be able to tell what remediation milestones we will achieve by the end of January, February, March, June, September, and December. This way, we will be in a better position to sign and commit to arrangements with all our creditors, members, and other stakeholders regarding financial matters. We will also be able to tell precisely when we expect to be free of this crippling debt and focus only on making football thrive in Tshwane.

Reputational Remediation

We continue to receive well-wishes from many of you about the efforts we are making to remediate the crisis. Your support gives us the confidence that we are walking this journey together. However, we would like to gather genuine insights into your sentiments. To assist, kindly complete the following survey. Its rapid – six questions. This feedback will be greatly appreciated.

In addition to the above, the REC is working on a roadshow schedule to meet with the LFAs by the end of March 2026. This schedule will be published next week.

Reinstatement of the President

The Congress has spoken. “Reinstate the regional president, Mr Solly Mohlabeng, with immediate effect.” This was resolved during the Congress on 22nd November 2025. This resolution, already, made headlines and, to a certain extent, ruffled some feathers.

To this point, the REC has not effected this resolution, as it was grappling with the crisis. Nevertheless, now, although we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, we have the capacity to address this matter.

The REC wishes to inform all interested stakeholders that it will take a cautious approach to implementing this resolution to protect Mr Mohlabeng, the REC, and the region as a whole. The REC will discuss this matter in full for the first time at its next REC meeting. The approach may be kept under wraps for two weeks or so until all the affected stakeholders, including SAFA, have been engaged. Still, before the end of January 2026, there will be movement on this matter, and as such, through this and other more formal platforms, there will be solid updates.

RS to REO Conversion

Much work has been done in this area regarding planning. The REC has identified the documents that will be affected by the conversion of the office head model from the regional secretary to the regional executive officer. A plan has also been approved to have all these documents amended and the amendments adopted by an Extraordinary Congress to be held in July 2026. The REC has also agreed that the REO will be recruited and employed in accordance with the new Human Resources Policy to be adopted in July 2026 and onboarded between August and September 2026. The REC also agreed that there will be coexistence of both the regional secretary and the REO between August 2026 and November 2026, during which the regional secretary will transfer knowledge to the REC.

The budget to be presented to the Extraordinary Congress on the 28th of February 2026 already accommodates this change.

Preparations of the Extraordinary Congress | 28 February 2026

We are making progress in preparing for the upcoming Extraordinary Congress. We are correcting the identified incorrect documents and completing those that were not ready. We still have a challenge with the audit, which requires the association to pay the auditors the full amount owed before they can proceed. However, we are confident that, with the implementation of the Financial Crisis Plan in the next week or so, we will manage this aspect.

The above framework is also applicable to the region. May we also be held to the standards we have set for our LFAs?

Policy Workshop

The REC has approved the holding of the Policy Workshop on the 31st of January and the 14th of February 2026 as follows:

These workshops will assist in embedding the policies into the association’s operations, ensuring that all officials, members, and other affected stakeholders comply at all times. Added to the workshop will be the presentation and embedding of the annual calendar of activities, ensuring that affected parties align.

This way, we will also support each other, and we will also be able to take each other to account.

REC Reporting Protocol, Standing Orders, and Standing Committees

For the longest time, there was no reporting protocol for the REC at its meetings. REC members could report if they wanted, yet all the resolutions were made on the fly and not based on processed reporting from the Standing Committee. In 2025, standing committees were abolished, and REC no longer relied on specialists’ expertise in decision-making. Discussions started and ended at the REC.

The REC has recognised the above as one of its gravest weaknesses, also attributable to the financial crisis currently being experienced. It has resolved to strengthen its governance by implementing a reporting protocol. This protocol has been defined, but it is still at the review stage. We expect it to be adopted by the REC in the next two weeks. We have already started limiting discussions to written reports, making decisions on the fly, and relying solely on them. The REC’s quality is about to align with the association’s governance framework and improve significantly.

We will share the draft of this protocol with the LFAs and Associate Members, firstly to contribute to it and, secondly, to adopt it.

The Regional Standing Orders, which the Extraordinary Congress will ultimately adopt in July 2026, have also been drafted. These are carefully aligned with the above-mentioned reporting protocol to enhance the meeting protocol, ensuring a set method for reporting, proposing, debating, and deciding. This too will be shared as a draft with the LFAs and Associate Members to contribute to and to adopt. This is the second element of improving the quality of the decisions.

The third element is the resuscitation of the Standing Committees, only this time, the right way. The Acting President has already shared his plans for the reshuffling of the leadership of the standing committees. This discussion will be completed during the next REC meeting. Once this exercise is complete, the reporting protocol dictates that there must be no functional report that comes to the REC unless it comes via the Office or the Standing Committee. This ensures that the appropriate level of expertise does the heavy lifting in research analyses, projections, and presentations, and that the REC considers and resolves. The strength of REC members will no longer be how well they speak at the REC meeting, but rather how well they manage the standing committees and present their reports to the REC.

As we said, we are not only fixing; we are upgrading.

Accounting System

We have already set up the financial system for the region on a trial basis. We have configured the system. We have managed to obtain a good measure of the monetary transactions. We will sanitise this information this coming weekend and start populating it in the system in accordance with the Finance Policy. This is a mammoth task that requires high levels of precision.

The REC has resolved to include the financial data of 2024/25 on the system, which will be appropriately audited before the upcoming Extraordinary Congress.

As we populate this data, particularly for the current financial year (2025/26), stakeholders will receive statements regarding their economic standing with the association. Enough time will be provided to query any information believed not to be accurate. However, after that period, all information in the system will be considered correct. Also, after that period, the system will be used consistently in accordance with the Finance Policy and will be the single source of truth for the association’s financial status.

We hope to upgrade the system from the trial to the Premium version ASAP, depending on the funds available.

Electronic Filing and Electronic Toolkits

The Electronic Filing platform, which is robust in terms of access and privileges management, has been established. The Office and the REC will be attending the Productivity Training on the 10th of January 2026, to, amongst the use of the systems of the region, gain fluency in the use and access of storage and filing.

On this platform, we have also placed a location for the regional templates and toolkits. All the existing ones have been stored there, and we will soon operate as a professional organisation. Who knows, in two or three years, we may also get ISO 9001 certified.

Meetings with Stakeholders

We have not managed to meet with many of our stakeholders, especially the ones we owe and our sponsors. This is due to the holiday season. However, we have requested a meeting with them at their convenience. We remain committed to putting pen to paper to fulfil the repayment commitments and maintain the relationships.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we reiterate the following:

There is no truth spoken about us without us. So please do not take what has been said about us as fact; ask us directly. Write to info@tshwanerfa.org.za.

We are in this together with you, we are in this for the Love of Football, for the Love of Tshwane, for the Love of it Youth.

Let’s walk this journey together.

Have yourselves the happiest and most prosperous New Year!!!!

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