{"id":101449,"date":"2024-12-04T21:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency"},"modified":"2024-12-05T00:07:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:07:38","slug":"nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Nine Candidates Vie For ZIFA Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>At least nine candidates have formally expressed their interest in running for the ZIFA presidency in the upcoming election scheduled for January 25.<\/p>\n<p>The vetting process, to be conducted by the ZIFA normalisation committee, will determine candidate eligibility, with results announced on December 23.<\/p>\n<p>Among the candidates are UK-based Marshall Gore, Walter Magaya, Philemon Machana, Twine Phiri, Farai Jere, Martin Kweza, Temba Mliswa, Gilbert Muponda, and Nqobile Magwizi.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations opened on November 22 and will close on December 11, after which the vetting will commence.<\/p>\n<p>ZIFA councillors will elect a president, two deputies (one must be a woman), and six additional board members. The Premier Soccer League chairperson and the women\u2019s football leader will also join the board.<br \/>\nSeveral candidates are vying for the two vice president posts, with one reserved for a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Former Ngezi Platinum Stars chief executive officer Nyasha Kadenge, former ZIFA board member Mavis Gumbo, Loveness Mukura, former CAPS United administrator Joyce Kapota, Patience Mutumwa and Winnet Muropa intend to contest for the post.<\/p>\n<p>Contenders include former ZIFA board vice-president Omega Sibanda and others like Gift Banda, Peter Dube, and Kennedy Ndebele.<\/p>\n<p>For the six board member posts, candidates include Francis Zimunya, former Warriors team manager Shariff Mussa, former ZIFA spokesperson Xolisani Gwesela, Northern Region Division One Soccer League vice-chairperson Sweeney Mushonga, Andrew Tapela, Kudzai Kadzombe, Thomas Marambanyika, Admore Chivero, Gaza Dube and Desmond Ali.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken Inn boss Tavengwa Hara is also in the running together with Tizirayi Lupahla, former Warriors team doctor Nicholas Munyonga, Tinashe Malunga, Davison Muchena, Masimba Chihowa of Manica Diamonds and Cuthbert Chitima who used to own Gunners Football Club.<\/p>\n<p>Simba Bhora chairman Isaiah Mupfurutsa is on the list together with club owner Simba Ndoro, Former Warriors\u2019 striker Alois Bunjira, and Derrick Matapura.<\/p>\n<p>Women vying for board membership include Miriam Sibanda, Beaular Masara, and Christine Ndou.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. At least nine candidates have formally expressed their interest in running for the ZIFA presidency in the upcoming election scheduled for January 25. The vetting process, to be conducted by the ZIFA normalisation committee, will determine candidate eligibility, with results announced on December 23. Among the candidates are UK-based Marshall Gore, Walter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[17162,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-101449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-zifa-elections","10":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nine Candidates Vie For ZIFA Presidency - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At least nine candidates have formally expressed their interest in running for the ZIFA presidency in the upcoming elect ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nine Candidates Vie For ZIFA Presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least nine candidates have formally expressed their interest in running for the ZIFA presidency in the upcoming elect ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-04T19:56:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-04T22:07:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/12\/sm_1733337421.960728.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"980\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"548\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nine-candidates-vie-for-zifa-presidency\",\"name\":\"Nine Candidates Vie For ZIFA Presidency - 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