Zifa has reapplied for voluntary sequestration at the High Court and the hearing will be conducted on Wednesday.
BY Kevin Mapasure
The association made an initial application, but the case was struck off the roll by Justice Ester Muremba as Zifa’s papers were not in order.
Of concern was the Zifa constitution which the judge said was illegible and thus the matter could not proceed.
Yesterday, Zifa’s legal team filed another application and all set for the matter to proceed.
Zifa was dissolved on June 4 after which a new association, National Football Association of Zimbabwe (Nafaz) was formed.
The dissolution has been met with resistance by some stakeholders, particularly the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) and the government through Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane.
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Both parties have declared Zifa’s dissolution as null and void, arguing that proper procedures had not been followed.
But Nafaz leadership headed by president Philip Chiyangwa have stood their ground, arguing that everything was done above board and that Zifa was as good as dead.
A bruising battle is set between Nafaz on one side and the SRC as well as the ministry on the other, but it is the court’s determination on the sequestration that is likely to set the tone for the way forward.
Nafaz suffered a setback when the Master of High Court Reuben Makavi suggested that Zifa’s request for sequestration be thrown out over a number of irregularities, but the applicant hit back as clarifying issues that had been raised.
Among other issues, Makavi suggested that Zifa could not be covered under the Insolvency Act, which Chiyangwa’s team disputed.
Zifa is sitting on a debt of about $6 million and among those it owes are CBZ Bank, $1 795 000, Buymore Investments $438 222, the SRC $180 000 and Zimra $500 000, among others that include a host of coaches.
