The ZIFA board, set to take office on January 25, 2025, will decide whether the current Assembly remains or if elections will be held.
Nyasha Samanyandwe, a legal practitioner and member of the ZIFA Normalisation Committee, said on Monday that it will be up to the new board to either retain the existing Assembly or hold elections for Area Zone, provinces, regions, women’s soccer, and other bodies like Futsal and Beach Football. She said (via <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/new-zifa-board-will-decide-councillors-future/">The Herald</a>):
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The way forward beyond 25 January is not our mandate. We can only recommend if our advice is sought; otherwise, our focus is getting elections done on the day, and we wind up. It will be up to the new board to decide the way forward.
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The mandate of the ZIFA Assembly ended in 2022 after serving a four-year term that began in 2018, with Felton Kamambo and Gift Banda having been voted president and deputy.
When FIFA appointed the NC last year, they allowed the Assembly members to participate in the association’s annual general meeting on November 22, which approved the new constitution and pathway to the January 25 elections.
Some of the councillors have been in office for nearly two decades.
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The ZIFA Board will decide if the current Assembly stays or if elections will be held. The new board will choose whether to keep the current members or have new elections for different soccer bodies. The current Assembly's term ended in 2022. Some members have been in office for years. FIFA appointed a Normalisation Committee last year to help with the process. The new board will take office on January 25, 2025. They will make decisions about the future of the soccer organization.

ZIFA Board To Decide On Current Assembly's Future

The Federation of International Football (FIFA) has appointed a four-member normalisation committee to take over the day-to-day running of ZIFA until June 2024.
The appointment of the normalisation committee came after FIFA announced the lifting of the suspension on the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) on Monday 10 July 2022.
Normalisation committees play a significant role in ensuring compliance with FIFA regulatory requirements.
The four-member normalisation committee was unveiled by FIFA Head of development programs in Africa Solomon Mudege on Tuesday, 11 July.
The committee comprises chairperson Lincon Mutasa, Sikhumbuzo Ndebele, Rosemary Mugadza and Nyasha Sanyamandu.
Mutasa is a former Dynamos chairman, Mugadza is a former Mighty Warriors coach, Ndebele is a former Highlanders defender, while Sanyamandwe is a member of the British Sports Lawyers Association and legal practitioner.
Below are the duties of the normalisation committee:
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<li>To run the daily affairs of ZIFA</li>
<li>To restructure the ZIFA administration</li>
<li>To establish, with the help of FIFA, a collaboration agreement between the Ministry of Sport/the SRC and ZIFA, which will define the responsibilities and objectives of each 
party, including (but not exclusively) on the topic of sexual harassment</li>
<li>To review the ZIFA Statutes and Electoral Code to ensure their compliance with the FIFA Statutes and requirements, and to ensure their adoption by the ZIFA Congress</li>
<li>To act as an electoral committee in order to organise and conduct elections of a new ZIFA Board based on the newly aligned ZIFA Statutes and Electoral Code</li>
<li>To ensure a proper financial handover to the new ZIFA Board</li>
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