“BLOODY CROOK!”: Danny Jordaan slaps JJ Tabane with multi-million rand lawsuit
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JJ Tabane (Image: Facebook)
South African football has never been short on controversy, but the latest showdown between SAFA President Danny Jordaan and firebrand broadcaster JJ Tabane has sparked a legal inferno that’s now dominating headlines.
Jordaan has filed a multi-million-rand defamation lawsuit against Tabane after the outspoken political analyst and host of Power to Truth on eNCA referred to him as a “bloody crook” during a fiery live broadcast. The remark, made in reference to Jordaan’s ongoing legal woes, went viral almost immediately, and the fallout is now headed to court.
According to legal filings, Jordaan claims the comment was false, defamatory, and calculated to cause reputational damage, particularly at a time when he’s already under c...