Online Reporter
Zimpapers Sports Hub
THE Zimbabwe Football Association have begun a sweeping restructuring exercise, signalling the dawn of a new era in local football administration.
The revamp follows the completion of an independent Skills and Human Resources Audit, commissioned by the new ZIFA Executive Committee and carried out by top consultancy firm Samara.
The audit was designed to measure staff capacity, assess the organisation’s structural fitness, and align ZIFA’s operations with global best practices.
Now, with the audit findings in hand, ZIFA are not sitting on their hands but are looking to act on the recommendations.
Documents seen by Zimpapers Sports Hub reveal a dramatic reset already in motion, one that will redefine the association’s inner workings and likely trigger a wave of personnel changes.
A revised organogram has been approved, key positions will be re-advertised, and roles made redundant will be scrapped under a time-line already set in motion.
It’s not just reshuffling chairs.
This is an overhaul aimed at building a modern ZIFA which is agile, and equipped to meet the demands of a multi-billion-dollar global football industry.
Insiders say the audit exposed glaring gaps, mismatched roles, skills shortages, and outdated structures that no longer reflect the pace or pressure of the modern game.
It is expected that by next month the new look ZIFA will start taking shape with staff whose positions have been phased out being notified this week, while new roles in the updated structure will be thrown open to competitive recruitment from August 1.
Confirmation letters for those retained and reassigned will also follow by mid-August.
“The internal transition is being closely managed, with a full change management programme designed to guide the association through what is expected to be one of the most significant organisational shifts in recent history,’’ the sources said.
ZIFA’s leadership believes this reset is long overdue.
There has been pressure on ZIFA, internally and from global football circles, to professionalise operations and restore trust.
I think there is nothing happening at ZIFA. It looks like people are on holiday there. All the hype that followed Nqobile Magwizi’s election has since disappeared into the cemetery.