admininvolvement in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal.
The committee is made up of lawyers Silas Chekera, Thabani Mpofu and veteran football administrator and politician Christopher Mbanga.
Chairman of the committee Chekera said yesterday that although no decision had been made yet, they were hoping to hand-over the cases to the Zifa secretariat today.
“By tomorrow (today), day-end, we should have finalised the cases of those who appeared before the committee. Zifa will decide on whether to adopt or repel our decisions but we hope to be done by tomorrow (today).”
Chekera also said it was up to Zifa to make public their findings.
It, however, looks bright for Mangwiro who presented his case last Friday to the committee in the presence of Zifa chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze and his legal counsel Ralph Maganga.
During the hearing, Maganga conceded that Mangwiro’s punishment was excessive.
Mangwiro went with Monomotapa to Malaysia in 2007 where they posed as the Zimbabwe national team.
He was presented as the assistant coach of the national team.
Also banned with him are club owner Solomon Mugavazi (five years) and team manager Clayton Munemo (10 years).
Team coach Rodwell Dhlakama got a life ban.
“The only wrong I did was to pass off as the national team assistant coach, but this was not because of my planning,” said Mangwiro. “I only stumbled on it, and we made a report soon after our return. I am shocked as to why I would be put in the same bracket with Munemo who was communicating with match-fixing syndicates, and how club owner Mugavazi gets a lesser sentence than mine yet he was involved in the planning of the trip.” Member of the committee Mpofu asked Maganga if Mangwiro had not learnt his lesson considering he had already served six months of his sentence.
Online Reporter