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32 The Standard September 28 to October 4 2014
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Afcon bid
Kaindu confident
A lot has happened but
we believe we are still
within the range of the
log leaders. Anything can
happen in the remaining
fixtures.”
Page 31
CAPS win, move
to second spot
BY OUR STAFF
divides
Zifa board
BY OUR STAFF
A
storm is brewing within
the Zifa board over the
current Afcon bid.
Some board members,
including Zifa vice-president
Omega Sibanda, are accusing Zifa
president Cuthbert Dube and Zifa
chief executive officer Jonathan
Mashingaidze of running the association
as their own entity.
In an email dated September
22 sent to Mashingaidze, the Zifa
vice-president ripped into Mashingaidze,
accusing him of not
respecting the existence of the
board and the assembly.
Read part of the letter, “It’s
high time you start respecting the
Board and the Assembly. I am reliably
informed that you have already
travelled to Zambia together
with representatives from the
Ministry of Tourism. You have
appointed a bid committee of people
whom we don’t know. Who are
they, whose interest are they serving,
who chose them and on what
merit?”
Sibanda also questioned how
some of the people that involved
in preparing the bid document
found their way into the committee.
Another board member who refused
to be named for fear of victimisation
said it was better for
the other board members to resign
and let the two run their own
show.
“We have been used to endorse
some of the things by our socalled
bosses but at the end of the
day they do not recognise us. They
do most of the association’s business
away from other board members
but when things go wrong,
they come back to the board for
help.”
Zifa communications manager
Xolisani Gwesela was quick to defend
the stance that both Mashingaidze
and Dube took in terms of
the 2017 Afcon bid.
“At the moment, there is no bid
committee in place. The committee
will only be announced anytime
from now when the minister
of Sport, Arts and Culture Andrew
Langa is back in the country.
The board will comprise the
chairman, his deputy and 10 committee
members.
“There will be sub-committees
that will include security, transport,
infrastructure and facilities,
finance and administration, marketing
and communication and
the inter-ministerial co-ordination
committee,” Gwesela said.
However, documents made
available to this publication suggest
that there is no way the bid
document could have been done
without the involvement of people
from the mentioned ministries.
One of the documents from the
Confederation of African Football
(CAF) requires government
guarantees signed by the President
of the country, two guarantees
from the Ministry of Home
Affairs with one of them dealing
with immigration issues and the
other one on public security.
Another guarantee document
should come from the Ministry
of Finance on taxation and foreign
exchange issues. The Ministry
of Media, Information and
Man in charge . . . Zifa boss Cuthbert Dube
Broadcasting Services also has to
give surety to do with media and
broadcasting issues.
The fifth guarantee should
come from the Ministry of Information
and Communication
Technology Postal and Courier
Services which needs to give assurance
that the country has sufficient
ICT facilities.
The bid should also be accompanied
by supporting letters from
the Ministry of Health and Child
Care to guarantee that the country
has high health standards,
while the Ministry of Sport, Arts
and Culture should also guarantee
that the country has enough
sporting facilities. The Ministry
of Tourism and Hospitality also
has to guarantee that there are
enough hotels to accommodate
visitors during the hosting of
such a mega event.
Also obligatory is a supporting
letter from the Ministry of Public
Works outlining whether the
country has enough sporting facilities
to host the event, while the
Ministry of Transport would also
need to guarantee there would be
an efficient transport system.
Above all, the host cities should
sign Host City Agreements to
demonstrate their willingness
to host the continental football
showpiece.
“In brief, what I am saying is
the involvement of all these people
from different ministries was
above board. It’s actually a CAF
prerogative. All the guarantees
that we have talked about is (sic)
the oil that drives the bidding machine,”
Gwesela said.
CAF clearly states that all these
ministries should forward a representative
in the bidding committee.
The bid document was supposed
to be completed as of yesterday
with Mashingaidze expected
to travel to present the document
at the CAF headquarters in
Cairo, Egypt today.
Meanwhile, six prominent
sports personalities will be chosen
to be bidding ambassadors
during the course of the bidding
process.
Some of the names that quickly
come to mind include Warriors
legend Peter Ndlovu, the queen of
the pool, Kirsty Coventry, golfer
Nick Price and Benjani Mwaruwari,
to mention just a few.
Black Rhinos . . . (0) 0
CAPS Utd . . . (1) 1
IT doesn’t matter how, but CAPS
United are in seventh heaven after
labouring to a controversial 1-0 win
over an unlucky Black Rhinos at
Rimuka yesterday.
The win took the Green Machine
to second position on the log table,
a point behind log leaders DeMbare
who will be in action this afternoon.
A contentious first-half injury
time penalty, coolly converted by
Moses Muchenje, was enough to
earn CAPS United their first set of
three points following consecutive
frustrating nil all draws against
Bantu Rovers and How Mine respectively.
The victory effectively quelled
dissenting voices that were baying
for coach Taurai Mangwiro’s head.
The match kicked in a frantic
pace with CAPS United taking initiative
as Tendai Samanja blazed a
promising free kick into no man’s
land after just three minutes.
Soon it was Black Rhinos’ turn
to strike with exciting winger Brian
Muzondiwa going on a mazy
run on the near side rounding his
marker before releasing an exquisite
square ball, only for Fredrick
Marowa to poke the ball wide from
eight yards out with Tafadzwa Dube
in goals a beaten man.
Black Rhinos, who were now dictating
the pace, were unlucky not
to be awarded a penalty in the 17 th
minute when CAPS United captain
Tapiwa Kumbuyani hacked down
Muzondiwa seemingly in the box.
Referee Munyaradzi Majoni, who
had a bad day in office, awarded a
free kick on the edge of the box.
A minute into first-half injury
time, Mangwiro’s men nosed ahead,
albeit in controversial circumstances.
A Rhinos defender cleanly tackled
Ishmael Thundwa who then
went to ground and to the fury of
Rhinos players, Majoni pointed to
the spot and Muchenje scored from
the resultant spot kick.
In the second half Jostein
Mathuthu’s charges went all out
to restore parity. Livewire substitute
Lot Chiwunga thought he had
gained a point for his team, only to
be flagged offside in the 90 th minute.
CAPS United hung on for maximum
points.
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