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Sikhumbuzo Moyo in Bulawayo
ONLY 22 out of 67 National Sporting Associations (NSA) in the country are in full compliance with the set standards of the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), with the same number said to be zero compliant.
There are 23 partially compliant NSA, according to the SRC director-general in her response to inquiries from Zimpapers Sports Hub.
The sport regulatory body recently held their annual meeting for the second successive year.
Annual meetings had become a rarity at the Sports Commission but Nengomasha and her management team have revived the crucial meetings and set an example for the national associations.
“We recently tightened compliance to include compliance with the current year.
“Previously compliance was in response to two prior years from the current year and this resulted in many NSA falling into the partial complaint category,” said Nengomasha. She said in terms of the Sport and Recreation Commission Act (Chapter 25:15), all NSA must submit statutory and administrative returns to the SRC at the end of their financial year.
“Under the statutory returns, there is a report on the NSA’s activities for the year just ended an audited balance sheet and income and expenditure account for that year, estimates of income and expenditure for the coming year, annual membership submitted, and annual levy paid for the year just ended.”
For the administrative returns, the supreme sports body’s director-general said the NSAs must submit AGM minutes for the year just ended, the annual calendar of activities for the coming year, and the annual operator’s licence renewed.
“The SRC convened a meeting with the zero compliance NSA to address their challenges, some NSA’s have been forthcoming and are working with the compliance department to rationalise their compliance.
“Issues of compliance are key and paramount if the sector is going to operate transparently with sound governance practices,” said Nengomasha.
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