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Danny Jordaan, the chief organiser of the 2010 World Cup, was re-elected as president of the South African Football Association (Safa) for a second term despite allegations made by a singer that he raped her 25 years ago.
Jordaan won the vote late Saturday with over 95 per cent of the votes, Safa said, and earned another five-year term. Former referee Ace Ncobo, who was to be Jordaan's only challenger, withdrew.
Jordaan's reputation has been seriously diminished since presiding over a successful first World Cup in Africa as head of South Africa's organising committee.
First, he was implicated in an alleged $10 million (£7.5m) bribe South Africa was accused of paying to Fifa executives to get them to vote for the country's bid. That allegation was contained in the US Department of Justice's sprawling investigation into corruption at Fifa in 2015.
Last year, South African singer Jennifer Ferguson alleged Jordaan raped her at a hotel in his home town of Port Elizabeth in 1993. Ferguson, a former political activist and South African member of parliament, formally opened a case against Jordaan with police this year.
Jordaan has denied both the bribery and the rape accusations.