Tim Sukazi reacts to his election to PSL EXCO

Tim Sukazi, the newly-elected member of the PSL EXCO, says that failing to improve South African football is not an option. Sukazi was one of three new faces chosen during the PSL Quadrennial General Meeting (QGM) at the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday. Along with Sukazi, Richards Bay FC chairman Sifiso Biyela and Polokwane City FC’s Johnny Mogaladi were also elected.

Other re-elected members include Kaizer Motaung, Mato Madlala, Dr Rejoice Simelani, Stanley Matthews, and chairman Irvin Khoza.

Tim Sukazi Honoured to Join EXCO

Sukazi shared his gratitude after the election, saying, “For one, to be elected in the most democratic manner is the most humbling experience. It makes you realise the amount of trust that the league membership has bestowed on me. Mine is to come in and serve, to be honest. So, it’s a responsibility that I accept with the utmost humility. Given what we know as South Africans, we are married and in love with our game. Failure for South African football is not an option.”

Sukazi on PSL Succession Plans

On the topic of succession planning, Sukazi added, “As the chairman [Khoza] has already stated, by the nature of things and through the process of governance, a person would be given this task through a democratic process as it has already happened.

So you wouldn’t prescribe in any manner or form what you call the succession plan. But what we know is that the membership has spoken.

The membership always has the opportunity to pronounce these types of things. They have done it now, and they will do it in the next four years.”

He also expressed hope that new, younger members of the EXCO would bring fresh ideas, saying, “It’s quite fulfilling when we see new young members being elected into the executive committee. The only hope we have is that they will also come up with young, fresh ideas, as the chairman has already indicated. I am no exception to such.”

Sukazi concluded, “Mine is to enhance the amount of good work that has already been done for a number of years by my predecessors.”

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