Bungling ZIFA re-instates Rushwaya

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Bungling Zifa re-instates Rushwaya
16/03/2010 00:00:00 by Back in office ... Rushwaya Related Stories

ZIFA Ceo Henrietta Rushwaya was re-instated barely 48 hours after her suspension after lawyers warned the football authority that it had erred in procedure.

Rushwaya had been suspended by the Zifa board pending investigations into Monomotapa Football Club’s trip to Malaysia last year during which they posed as the Zimbabwe national team.

ZIFA chairman Wellington Nyatanga, set to step down on March 27, said lawyers had advised that the move to suspend Rushwaya was unconstitutional. This followed revelations that text messages were used in convening the board meeting in Masvingo last Saturday, contrary to the Zifa constitution.

Nyatanga told a news conference on Monday: "After consultations with our lawyer, we have since been advised that the decisions passed in Masvingo last Saturday were null and void.

"We asked for legal advice and were told that it was improper and unconstitutional to take such a route ... that it was improper and unconstitutional and we have decided to nullify all resolutions Related to that meeting.”

Monomotapa’s trip last August was not sanctioned by the Sports and... ...

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