Kirsten Nematandani, the former President of the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has, however, escaped a life suspension and has instead been banned for five years by the Adjudicatory Chamber.

The Investigatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee had initially recommended he be suspended for six years.

In a statement, FIFA confirmed the sanctions were "related to international friendly matches played in South Africa in 2010".

The matches in question, against Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala, all took place before South Africa played host to the 2010 World Cup, the first time FIFA’s quadrennial showpiece had ever been held on the continent.

The Ethics Committee found Musavengana and Tchanile guilty of breaching the Ethics Code regulations on bribery and corruption.

In a move described by FIFA as "exceptional", the terms of the decisions against the duo have been made public on the world footballing governing body’s website "as a form of notification" after they "failed to provide the Adjudicatory Chamber with their fax numbers".

Nematandani, who was suspended in 2012 when a FIFA report claimed there was "compelling evidence" that a number of warm-up games had been rigged in South Africa prior to the World Cup, was found to have breached the general rules of conduct, loyalty and duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting elements of the code.

SAFA suspended then President Nematandani and four other members of staff including Lindile Kika after allegations that corrupt referees manipulated the results of matches for the benefit of gambling syndicates in Asia, linked to convicted match-fixer Wilson Perumal.

South Africa beat Guatemala 5-0 on May 31, 2010, with the hosts netting two penalties through Katlego Mphela in that fixture, refereed by Niger’s Ibrahim Chaibou.

A third spot kick was awarded to Guatemala, but this was missed, while all three goals in South Africa's 2-1 friendly win over Colombia also came from penalties.

South Africa also beat Thailand 4-0 and drew 1-1 with Bulgaria before the World Cup, where the hosts were eliminated at the group stage.

Perumal organised the referees for the four matches in order to ensure they were manipulated as part of a betting scam.

FIFA had sanctioned four officials - Kika, the former head of national teams at the SAFA, ex-SAFA chief executive Leslie Sedibe, known as Ace, and referees officials Steve Goddard and Adeel Carelse - for their role in the scandal in March.

Kika was banned for six years, while Sedible was exiled for five.

Goddard and Carelse were banned for two years.

Nematandani, Kika and the other suspended officials were all "reinstated but not exonerated" in 2013, before the former SAFA head lost his position to Danny Jordaan in November of that year after failing to receive the required nominations.