Zifa indaba on Godknows Matarutse

morning.
Vice-President, John Nkomo, is expected to set the tone for the indaba when he gives a keynote address before the participants go into a day-long closed session.
The Sport and Recreation Commis­sion, who are co-ordinating the indaba, indicated that Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart and Zifa president Cuthbert Dube will then hold a joint press conference at the end of the proceedings this evening.
Tirivashe Nheweyembwa, who is the Sports Commission corporate commu­nications officer, said the meeting would look mostly at issues on how football in the country can be devel­oped.
“They will seek to identify the key issues that merit interventions to achieve sustainable football develop­ment,” said Nheweyembwa.
The indaba will also look at was to:
l Develop consensus on strategies to develop grassroots football.
l To mobilise stakeholders support for investment in football development pro­grammes and national teams efforts.
l To develop a suitable fund mobilisation and manage­ment model to maximise resource availability for football development pro­grammes are some of the objectives that will be looked at during the ind­aba.