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January 28 – Nqobile Magwizi has been elected as the brand new Zimbabwe Soccer Affiliation (ZIFA) President after a landslide victory, and now faces the duty of stabilising an affiliation that has been dogged by inner wrangling.
Incessant boardroom fights, mismanagement of funds and corruption have been on the core of Zimbabwean soccer in latest months.
Nevertheless, there’s renewed hope following the election of a brand new board led by the Harare businessman who takes over from the FIFA-imposed Normalisation Committee that had been holding fort since July 2023.
Magwizi gained with 66 of the 77 votes, beating off 4 different candidates. He formally replaces Felton Kamambo, whose tenure was reduce quick after his total board was suspended and changed by the Normalisation Committee.
The brand new incumbent is predicted to breathe life into the financially ailing ZIFA, whose integrity wants pressing restoration.
Magwizi stated: “Firstly we have to repair our establishment to make sure we give you greatest practices of find out how to make ZIFA an environment friendly establishment that may ship.
“We have to ensure that we rebuild religion and have companions. They’re very important within the progress of soccer in Zimbabwe.”
Magwizi’s first project, after receiving a gushing letter of congratulations from FIFA Basic Secretary Mattias Grafström, was to attend the draw for the African Cup of Nations.
He added: “We now have AFCON developing, a vital project. That’s our main focus as a result of if we don’t do effectively there, it means we’re failing.
“We now have a dedication to ensure that we do effectively in AFCON as a result of that’s our first litmus check. In fact, there are numerous different elements that we have to attend to however that one is a nationwide platform the place it could possibly be seen how effectively we’re performing so we’re very dedicated to hit the bottom working to make sure that we put together our Warriors effectively for AFCON.”
