SRC-Zifa rift unhelpful

WHILE the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC)’s decision to suspend Zifa general-secretary Joseph Mamutse to institute investigations into a number of key issues is in the interest of the national game, it can’t escape the fact that there is urgent need for consensus by all football stakeholders to move the game forward.

The SRC board suspended the Zifa chief a week ago from all football related activities to facilitate investigations into the circumstances surrounding the clearance of national football teams to participate in tournaments in South Africa without the approval of both the sports governing body and the Health ministry in light of the stringent COVID-19 protocols.

The sports regulatory body also suspended its director-general Prince Mupazviriho over irregularities in the clearance of the teams for foreign assignments.

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