The disgraced former ZIFA and PSMAS boss, Cuthbert Dube, has bounced back after a months’ long controversy to do with his hundreds of thousands a month salary as PSMAS CEO. This time, he is now the new President of the national soccer body.There was suspense at Mount Hampden yesterday when Dube had failed to win having failed to garner the required three quarter majority. He however later resoundingly beat his opponent Harare businessman Trevor Carelse, 44 – 14.
The election was monitored and observed by FIFA representative for Southern Africa, Ashford Mamelodi, among other observers.
Harare City chairman Leslie Gwindi had taken 10 votes while former Zifa board member (marketing) Nigel Munyati, director of Aces Youth Academy had received zero votes from the 58 delegates who voted. Zimbabwe Soccer Player Agents Association chairman Omega Sibanda was voted Zifa vice-president, taking over from Ndumiso Gumede, who did not seek re-election.
Sibanda, who steps down from the player agents’ body, narrowly edged Highlanders board member Elkanah Dube 30-28 to the vice-president’s post.
Chicken Inn secretary and Bulawayo prominent lawyer Tavengwa Hara was elected to the board after receiving 51 votes. He goes into the board together with Harare businessman Bernard Gwarada who picked up 48 votes. Former board member (development) John Phiri got 42 votes while Fungai Chihuri obtained 41 votes. Chihuri is former Zifa Eastern Region chairman. Gladmore Muzambi, former referees’ boss, could not make it to the board after getting 32 votes. (SouthernEye/ZimEye)
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It was an obvious thing to happen, Dube uses his own pockets to rig the elections so that he can do want ever he wants at the expense of Zifa. Zifa’s affairs has been personalised and corrupted to the detriment of national interest. I agree with minister Jonathan Moyo when he says what is the source of income of these deep and generous pockets. Anyway since the people who are believed to be the architect of the constitution are the fore frontier of corruption, any thing to do with rigging is possible in zimbabwe.