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Leslie Gwindi in big trouble
09 Oct 2013 at 22:28hrs | Views
THE Zifa disciplinary committee has set October 17 2013 as the date for the hearing of Harare City Football Club chairman and former Dynamos secretary Leslie Gwindi over allegations of bringing the game into disrepute following utterances he allegedly made at Bulawayo Press Club in March this year, the Southern Eye reported.
The charges against Gwindi, who challenged Zifa president Cuthbert Dube in the last election, come five months before the next elections set for March next year.
Zifa lawyer Ralph Maganga yesterday said papers to call Gwindi to the disciplinary hearing were ready by last Friday and summons would be sent to Gwindi this week.
"Summons will be served this week. They should be served 72 hours before the date of the hearing," Maganga said.
The former Premier Soccer League (PSL) secretary is alleged to have launched an attack on Zifa, the PSL, former Warriors coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels and Delta Beverages - the sponsors of the league.
The PSL is said to have been riled by Gwindi whose utterances it said had caused discomfort between it and the sponsors.
Zifa, in its correspondence to Gwindi, is also said to have indicated that the Harare City chairman had "insulted" the then Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minster David Coltart.
Part of the letter reads: "On the 8th of March 2013 and at Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel, the respondent unlawfully and intentionally committed an act of misconduct likely to bring the game into disrepute by using bad and insulting language while addressing various media practitioners and other invited guests at the Bulawayo Press Club in that you insulted the Zifa leadership saying that the leaders elected do not know anything about football and the current collapse is a result of total lack of leadership. The leaders (meaning Zifa board and councillors) are in football for egos, personal agendas or political reasons."
The soccer controlling body also alleged that Gwindi had insulted Delta Beverages who sponsor the PSL through their Castle Lager brand.
The charges against Gwindi, who challenged Zifa president Cuthbert Dube in the last election, come five months before the next elections set for March next year.
Zifa lawyer Ralph Maganga yesterday said papers to call Gwindi to the disciplinary hearing were ready by last Friday and summons would be sent to Gwindi this week.
"Summons will be served this week. They should be served 72 hours before the date of the hearing," Maganga said.
The PSL is said to have been riled by Gwindi whose utterances it said had caused discomfort between it and the sponsors.
Zifa, in its correspondence to Gwindi, is also said to have indicated that the Harare City chairman had "insulted" the then Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minster David Coltart.
Part of the letter reads: "On the 8th of March 2013 and at Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel, the respondent unlawfully and intentionally committed an act of misconduct likely to bring the game into disrepute by using bad and insulting language while addressing various media practitioners and other invited guests at the Bulawayo Press Club in that you insulted the Zifa leadership saying that the leaders elected do not know anything about football and the current collapse is a result of total lack of leadership. The leaders (meaning Zifa board and councillors) are in football for egos, personal agendas or political reasons."
The soccer controlling body also alleged that Gwindi had insulted Delta Beverages who sponsor the PSL through their Castle Lager brand.
Source - southerneye
