adminGilbert Munetsi in MARONDERA
ZIFA president Cuthbert Dube’s scheduled tour of Mashonaland East yesterday left the hosts counting their losses after it was aborted at the last minute.
Jonathan Mashingaidze, the ZIFA chief executive, sent an e-mail to provincial secretary/board member Brian Chihuri at 3:25pm yesterday, confirming Dube would not be coming, even though the meeting had been scheduled for 14:2pm.
Some of the delegates had travelled from Nyamapanda.
“Zifa hereby regrets to inform you of the unforeseen postponement of the President’s tour of Mashonaland East scheduled for today.
“The postponement has been occasioned by an urgent meeting to do with the 2015 African Games which we have to attend today.
“New dates of the tour will be communicated to your esteemed office and persons. Meanwhile, the Association would like to profusely apologise for any inconveniences caused by the last minute postponement of this very important meeting,” said Mashingaidze in his e-mail.
Provincial chairman David Mpuli and his staff were holed up in their offices trying to spread word around about the cancellation of the indaba.
Marondera was yesterday supposed to host the second of a series of country-wide tours whose agenda was evidently to alter the minds of the ZIFA Assembly when they converge for the decisive indaba on October 3 whose main object is to revoke the mandate of the game’s leadership.
Zimbabwe will, for the first time since independence, miss the World Cup owing to failure by the Association to pay former Warriors coach Valinhos his dues.
Dube’s tour, which began with Harare province at the Raylton on Saturday, is expected to end on September 26.
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