adminsaid they have been training since January and now want to compete.
“As a club, we are always phoning the administrators and they say they will get back to us,” said Kwembeya.
“We have been requesting for meetings for an update but we are yet to be given any position.
“At the moment our position is trying to engage the national executive on what is happening.
“The coming in on board of Marange is a good thing.
“We are training daily and ready to play, there are now more clubs in the league and time is not on our side.”
League newboys Aces Academy, who have been promoted into the top-flight, said the excitement that greeted their promotion has fizzled out.
Aces administrator, Champion Ngugi, said their players were desperate for a game.
“We are worried about when the league will start,” said Ngugi.
“There is no longer anything to motivate the players with.
“We used to train twice but we have now since scaled down.
“There will be 12 teams in the league and we don’t know how the 132 matches will be played considering that towards year end the rains would have started.”
New Orleans director, Khanyiso Masika, said they have lost most of their players due to inactivity.
“We were once told that the league would start in March, then April, then June and up to now nothing has materialised,” said Masika.
“We are almost forgetting about the league now.
“Now our players have spread all over, some have gone to South Africa,” said Masika.
Masvingo Queens owner, Rosemary Muzvidziwa, who is also the Eastern Region chairperson, said they were looking forward to the start of the league.
“We have followed up us regional chairpersons and heard the sponsor is putting in place one or two things needed for the league to start.
“A running league is very important even for our national team, the Mighty Warriors, as the players need to be playing regularly for them to remain fit and match other international teams.
“We are just waiting patiently and we hope our sponsor Marange will not drop us and say they can no longer afford to sponsor us,” Muzvidziwa.
Cyclone Stars chairperson, Netsai Laforte, said their players were wondering what was happening.
“We expected the league to have started by now. Players are now complaining that they are tired of just training without fulfilling games.
“We now train once or twice a week as it is costly to fork bus fares for the players and training fees” said Laforte.
Marange Resources Corporate Affairs Manager, Muriel Nqwababa, said she wasn’t in a postion to comment.
The company’s chief executive, Obed Dube, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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