The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) doesn’t want an African National Congress (ANC) mayor in charge of the country’s governing body for soccer. The EFF‚ in a statement on Monday‚ called “for the immediate resignation of Danny Jordaan as the president of the South African Football Association (Safa) following his acceptance of the position of executive mayor of the Nelson Mandela Municipality on behalf of the kleptocratic ANC”.“Jordaan must resign from the association since he has chosen active politics and life as an ANC politician‚” the EFF statement said.“At the helm of Safa must be a person that all the supporters of Bafana Bafana‚ Banyana Banyana‚ and the rest of national soccer teams can associate with regardless of which political parties they belong to.“It is obvious that Jordaan has elected to be the messiah of the kleptocratic and collapsing ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay and he must therefore do the honourable thing and vacate SAFA with immediate effect.”The soccer boss’s appointment follows an intervention by senior ANC figures - including party secretary-general‚ Gwede Mantashe - who are visiting the region.He replaces 82-year-old Ben Fihla‚ who has been able to unite the region and focus local government on delivery.The ANC metro has been hamstrung by factional battles and is widely believed to be heading for an electoral defeat by the opposition DA in next year's local government elections.The ANC narrowly held onto the municipality in the 2011 local elections securing only 51.9% of the vote‚ dropping from 66.5% in 2006.It is set to face a steep challenge from opposition parties in next year’s municipal polls‚ with the DA‚ newcomers the Economic Freedom Fighters and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s United Front all lining up to take on the governing party.Support for the DA grew from 24% in 2006 to 40% in 2011...