Sports / Soccer
Cash rich ZIFA boss Dube on bribery claims
11 May 2012 at 05:52hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) boss Cuthbert Dube has been accused of bribing his way to land the top post.
This came out during a parliamentary committee hearing on Thursday when Soccer Supporters Association of Zimbabwe secretary general Wellington Mpandare made the claims.
Mpandare said Dube borrowed ZIFA $7 070 a month before the elections "for councillors to vote for him."
"Some councilors were paid money to elect the board and as investigations into the Asiagate scandal are going on we feel allegations of buying positions should also be investigated," said Mpandare.
He added that Dube personally lent ZIFA $7 070 whose receipt number is 18806 on February 8, 2010 "which payment for the 10 provincial subscriptions.
"What was he paying for when he was not yet a board member?," asked Mpandare.
The supporters association further claimed that Dube who has on several occasions bailed out the national teams financial from his funds "was not even a soccer fan and only attended matches twice since his election, when Fifa president Sepp Blater was visiting the country and President Mugabe was in the stadium."
Dube has through his private business - Buymore Investments splashed more than $550 000 from his coffers to bail out the bankrupt association since he became ZIFA president.
The Harare business executive has been literally footing Zifa bills from his pocket and had paying the salaries of fired Warriors' coach Norma Mapeza, staff at 53 Livingstone Avenue and bonuses, incentives and air tickets for the Warriors and the Mighty Warriors.
This came out during a parliamentary committee hearing on Thursday when Soccer Supporters Association of Zimbabwe secretary general Wellington Mpandare made the claims.
Mpandare said Dube borrowed ZIFA $7 070 a month before the elections "for councillors to vote for him."
"Some councilors were paid money to elect the board and as investigations into the Asiagate scandal are going on we feel allegations of buying positions should also be investigated," said Mpandare.
"What was he paying for when he was not yet a board member?," asked Mpandare.
The supporters association further claimed that Dube who has on several occasions bailed out the national teams financial from his funds "was not even a soccer fan and only attended matches twice since his election, when Fifa president Sepp Blater was visiting the country and President Mugabe was in the stadium."
Dube has through his private business - Buymore Investments splashed more than $550 000 from his coffers to bail out the bankrupt association since he became ZIFA president.
The Harare business executive has been literally footing Zifa bills from his pocket and had paying the salaries of fired Warriors' coach Norma Mapeza, staff at 53 Livingstone Avenue and bonuses, incentives and air tickets for the Warriors and the Mighty Warriors.
Source - Byo24News
