Sunday World can reveal that Fifa wants Safa to reduce its national executive committee by at least four members - from 36 to 32. The emergency committee, consisting of president Irvin Khoza, deputies Mandla "Shoes" Mazibuko, Mwelo Nonkonyana and Danny Jordaan, as well as executive member Alpha Mchunu, will take decisions binding the association.

The Safa executive committee will meet four times a year to cut costs as it is too expensive to bring them under one roof on a regular basis.

Safa pays huge sums of money for flights, accommodation and allowances for executive members to attend meetings. They were given new Mercedez-Benz cars after the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

Subsequent to the drama-filled elections in 2009, it was decided to increase the executive. This was done after Safa amended the constitution in June last year at a special general meeting.

Under the previous executive led by Molefi Oliphant, the committee was made up of 22 members.

The Safa executive committee is far bigger than those of Fifa and the Confederation of African Football. With 204 member countries, Fifa has 24 members on its executive. CAF has 12 executive members representing 53 member countries.

Fifa toldSunday World that they want Safa to reduce its executive committee.

"We can confirm that Fifa and Safa exchanged correspondence in November 2011 regarding the Safa statutes and it is correct that Fifa wants Safa to amend the number of members for their executive committee," Fifa said.

"In a letter on 21 November 2011, Fifa noted that most of the recommendations had been taken into account and that there were only two issues remaining: the confirmation by the congress of the representatives of the league and the number of executive committee members that should be reduced from 36 to 32 members.

"Subject to these two amendments, Fifa informed Safa that they will approve the Safa statutes. This means that the congress will be the only body entitled to elect the members of the Safa national executive committee."

Safa CEO Robin Petersen confirmed that the association was discussing the issue of amending the constitution with Fifa.

"We are wrapping up the process, we will then take it to the Safa legal and constitutional sub-committee before presenting it to Fifa."