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ZIFA circus rumbles on, more suspended
16 Jun 2015 at 09:27hrs | Views
The ZIFA circus continued on Monday night with the suspension of vice-president Omega Sibanda and board member finance Bernard Gwarada.
The pair was suspended from the national association for attending the May 16 councillors' meeting that ousted president Cuthbert Dube, further throwing Zimbabwe football into turmoil.
Secretary of the councillors committee and Eastern Region chairman Piraishe Mabhena was also suspended last night together with Willard Manyengavana (North), Musa Mandaza (Southern) and Festus Kamambo (Central).
But Sibanda last night dismissed the suspensions as a nullity, saying it was a "non-event and unconstitutional thing pushed by people with a lot of rot behind their backs".
He said: "We are going ahead with our football activities as normal and we are going for the Comoros game (Chan qualifier on Sunday) and we will be there."
"It's okay. If they feel football will be better off without us, then let it be. We walk out tall because we know we did nothing wrong in that meeting. I respect where corporate governance is applied. I don't respect shame to the nation," Sibanda said.
"Ralph Maganga was the main actor, the chief architect and yet he is not a board member. He was smuggled into the meeting under the disguise of a lawyer, yet he can't even interpret the constitution and does not know the difference between a member and body."
The pair was suspended from the national association for attending the May 16 councillors' meeting that ousted president Cuthbert Dube, further throwing Zimbabwe football into turmoil.
Secretary of the councillors committee and Eastern Region chairman Piraishe Mabhena was also suspended last night together with Willard Manyengavana (North), Musa Mandaza (Southern) and Festus Kamambo (Central).
He said: "We are going ahead with our football activities as normal and we are going for the Comoros game (Chan qualifier on Sunday) and we will be there."
"It's okay. If they feel football will be better off without us, then let it be. We walk out tall because we know we did nothing wrong in that meeting. I respect where corporate governance is applied. I don't respect shame to the nation," Sibanda said.
"Ralph Maganga was the main actor, the chief architect and yet he is not a board member. He was smuggled into the meeting under the disguise of a lawyer, yet he can't even interpret the constitution and does not know the difference between a member and body."
Source - online
