THE Zimbabwe Football Association will this week unveil a new technical director to replace the departed Jethro Hunidzarira.
The technical director will be in charge of a long-term development programme that will include junior football, which has been abandoned for some time.
The technical director will also be in charge of the development of local coaches, most of whom are now way behind in terms of modern day coaching methods.
Zifa vice-president Kenny Ndebele confirmed they would be announcing the new technical director, but could not give further details.
“We will be unveiling the new TD anytime this week,” was all Ndebele could say.
Zifa, however, could have left it too late as Zimbabwean football already knows that Burundian Dominique Niyonzima is already in the country to take up that technical director post.
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The Burundian has a high profile, having worked as a Fifa consultant, leading developmental projects in 13 East and Central Africa countries as well as three in West Africa.
Niyonzima will be the third Zifa technical director in four years after the Normalisation Committee dismissed Wilson Mutekede in favour of Hunidzarira, who too was dismissed by the new Zifa executive.
Coincidentally, both Mutekede and Hunidzarira were victims of a change of administration.
Mutekede was appointed by Felton Kamambo and Friends and was removed when the Normalisation Committee came into office, while Hunidzarira was appointed by the Normalisation Committee and was removed when Nqobile Magwizi and crew took over power.
Niyonzima has over 30 years’ experience during a period in which he was CAF deputy director of development and a CAF Elite instructor and was part of the team that launched CAF C, B, A and Pro License coaching courses.
The man from Burundi, however, will not have it easy as everything in football has been in disarray for some time and needs something more than commitment to bring it up.