In an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News, Jordaan has dismissed claims that he or South African Football Association (Safa) paid a $10 million bribe to secure the rights to host the tournament
Jordaan is the African National Congress (ANC)'s mayoral candidate in Port Elizabeth, a battleground being contested by the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s candidate Athol Trollip.
He has remained mostly silent about the allegations swirling around the 2010 World Cup bid, but he's now told EWN it was Nelson Mandela who helped South Africa clinch the tournament - not bribery.
He says he's being defamed.
Nelson Mandela Bay looks set to be one of the most fiercely contested metros in the upcoming elections, but Jordaan says he's confident the ANC will retain it.
Jordaan says his political rivals keep rehashing old 2010 Fifa bribery allegations to try and defeat him in the upcoming elections.
He says the DA are desperate to win votes and that's why they are calling on him to account for the alleged bribe.
Meanwhile, Trollip says he is confident that the DA can win the metro come 3 August.
He says the DA are desperate to win votes and that's why they are calling on him to account for the alleged bribe.
Meanwhile, Trollip says he is confident that the DA can win the metro come 3 August.
