Govt praises Zifa

The Sport ministry expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the Phillip Chiyangwa-led Zifa board in stabilising the association as the football mother body announced yesterday that their benefactor Wicknell Chivayo would increase his sponsorship.

Chivayo has since pledged $1 million, but he made promises that his support would go beyond that after meeting Chiyangwa yesterday.

Chiyangwa announced at a luncheon he hosted for the players that was attended by Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane as well as Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Tapiwa Matangaidze, that Chivayo had pledged to donate a new vehicle specifically for use by Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa.

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