MAPEZA VOTED COACH OF THE MONTH

MAPEZA VOTED COACH OF THE MONTH

By Givemore Nyakuba

Fc Platinum coach Norman Mapeza has been voted coach of the month for the second consecutive time and he said he is thankful to those who voted him and attributed everything to hard work by the whole group.

The month of August saw Mapeza being voted coach of the month for the second time in a raw after he was voted  again in the co-joined month of June and July, with the way his charges are playing chances are high he can return the award for the third consecutive. He has managed to defeat Dynamos, Howmine and managed a nil all draw with Tsholotsho, He is going to play Wha Wha to complete  the joint month of September and October.

Mapeza attributed the award not only to him but the team at large for the hard work they have been putting and also went on to thank other coaches in the premier league for voting him.

“It’s all about hard work and the effort the guys have been putting, it’s not about me it’s about the whole group involving the players assistant coaches and also the coaches in the premier league to vote for me, for the coach of the month l really appreciate” said Mapeza. 

Mapeza who has currently under gone a fifteen match unbeaten streak will be hoping to continue with the good record when he is going to take on Wha Wha at home after a break this weekend for the Chibuku semi finals.

DUBE SHOWN THE EXIT DOOR AS ZIFA PRESIDENT

former Zifa President Cuthbert Dube

The Zifa assembly has overthrew President Cuthbert Dube following an extraordinary meeting held in Harare on Saturday.

Despite only two members of 16 PSL clubs attending the meeting, thirty councilors met and resolved that Dube and two board members Fungai Chihuri and Tavenga Harara be removed from the board.

Dube’s deputy Omega Sibanda is now acting Zifa president and is expected to vote at the Fifa congress later this month.

Following the government’s backtracking to ouster Dube for fear of Fifa sanctions, it was the councilors who finally showed the president the door.

“The Congress unanimously agreed to revoke the mandate of the president with immediate effect as per article 22 subsection (m) of the Zifa constitution. It was resolved that board member Tavengwa Hara should be revoked from the board. Twenty seven members voted in favour, two members were not in favour and one member was indifferent,” read part of the meeting’s resolutions.

“It was resolved that board member Fungai Chihuri should be revoked from the board. Thirty members voted in favour, zero were not in favour and zero were indifferent.”

The council’s decision ended Dube’s five years at the helm of Zifa.

The Zifa board is expected to meet on Tuesday where chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze is likely to be fired.

Saturday’s meeting also resolved that a forensic audit of the association’s finance be conducted “as soon as possible.”

An annual general meeting is expected to be held on 27 June where a full list of Zifa’s creditors would be submitted.