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Gumede defies Chiyangwa ban
16 Nov 2016 at 05:32hrs | Views
HIGHLANDERS chief executive Ndumiso Gumede is defying the ban imposed on him, from taking part in all football activities, and yesterday reported for work to carry out his duties at the club.
ZIFA slapped Gumede with a ban from all football activities while Premier Soccer League chairman Peter Dube, who is also the Bosso boss, was suspended indefinitely.
The PSL boss yesterday refused to comment on the ban, which ZIFA said emanated from the way he conducted himself during a ZIFA Assembly indaba, where the PSL relegation/play-offs dispute was debated.
Gumede was sanctioned for allegedly being part of a cartel that wrote a dossier to FIFA, peddling falsehoods, in which they wanted the world football governing body to dissolve the ZIFA leadership led by Philip Chiyangwa.
But yesterday Gumede, who is in the final leg of his contract with Bosso, said he was not going anywhere.
"The position on the ground is that my principal employer are taking legal advice over the matter," said Gumede.
"If I had not reported for work today, I was the one who was going to be in trouble and charged with absenteeism.
"I was very busy since morning, preparing for a trip to FC Platinum and also planning the end-of-year awards for the club.
"The ban personally doesn't affect me. I have been suspended before but life goes on. I remember at one time the then Sports Council banned me but after two weeks I was reinstated."
Gumede has served in various portfolios in football administration during more than 40 years of service to the game.
"I am not young anymore but noone can take away my experience and what I have invested in football," said Gumede. "I have been involved in football for a very long time from 1974, it has been a long career and so noone can come with a small little glass and obliterate it." ZIFA claim Gumede was working with a number of rebels to try and topple the current leadership.
Source - online
