{"id":508,"date":"2025-09-13T08:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/?p=508"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:24:29","slug":"safa-mourns-the-passing-of-david-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/safa-mourns-the-passing-of-david-jacobs\/","title":{"rendered":"SAFA mourns the passing of David Jacobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African Football Association (SAFA) staff members visited late colleague David Jacobs\u2019 family home in Allen\u2019s Nek, Roodepoort, to pay their respects on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs {pictured) passed away on Sunday, 7 September 2025, after a suspected heart attack and in accordance with his Muslim faith, he was laid to rest on the same day at Westpark Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao and CFO Gronie Hluyo led the delegation and they said the quietly spoken Jacobs, who had been working at the SAFA Finance Department since 2012, will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs was known for his quiet and unassuming demeanour. He was well-loved by his colleagues and deeply committed to his work. His presence will be sorely missed within the SAFA family.<\/p>\n<p>SAFA President Dr Danny Jordaan said Jacobs\u2019 passing was a huge loss to his family, the Association and football at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is such a huge loss. Our sincere condolences to his family and we grieve his passing. May his soul rest in\u00a0 peace,\u201d said the SAFA President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Football Association (SAFA) staff members visited late colleague David Jacobs\u2019 family home in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}