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 ZIFA Normalisation Committee has said it will not engage in discussions regarding the suitability of Councillors to vote for the next substantive executive committee, reported <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/let-them-all-feast-zifa-give-council-all-clear/">H-Metro</a>.
Despite accusations that Councillors are a major factor in the decline of Zimbabwean football due to corruption and electoral fraud, the ZIFA NC maintains that it has no authority to intervene in this matter.
Addressing a media conference attended by ZIFA chairman, Lincoln Mutasa, and another member of the committee Rosemary Mugadza, ZIFA board member Nyasha Sanyamandwe said:
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Regarding the credibility of the councillors, we all have different thoughts about different people and opinions but legally speaking if no case has been put forward, and then a conviction, at least, that can incriminate an individual member, we cannot do anything about it.
We also need to highlight that law is law. These people are independent, this is what the ZIFA statutes are saying.
The councillors are coming and we are not even sure who is coming because they will give us their own delegates.
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The ZIFA elections are scheduled to take place at the Rainbow Towers on January 25 next year. The deadline for submitting nominations is December 11, with candidates required to pass an eligibility test before being considered for the final shortlist, which will be confirmed by December 23.
Sanyamandwe said that current ZIFA officials holding positions within the association’s structures must step down before submitting their nominations for the executive committee. She said:
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If you want to run for exco (executive committee) office but you are still holding a position within the membership structures, the electoral code is very clear.
Issues to do with conflict of interest should not be tolerated. So, they should do the needful.
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The upcoming ZIFA elections will be conducted in line with the new Electoral Code and the revised statutes of ZIFA, which will be adopted by the ZIFA Congress.
The ZIFA executive committee will consist of 11 members, including the president and two vice presidents, one of whom must be a woman.
All candidates seeking a position on the executive committee must not have any prior criminal convictions.
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The ZIFA Normalisation Committee will not talk about if Councillors can vote for the next executive committee. People say Councillors are causing problems in Zimbabwe soccer because of cheating and corruption. The ZIFA NC says they can't do anything unless there is proof. The elections will happen on January 25 and candidates have to be approved by December 23. Current ZIFA officials must step down from their positions if they want to run for the executive committee. The elections will follow new rules to make sure everything is fair.

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