Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Petros Kausiyo and Augustine Hwata
23 July 2008
Harare — DYNAMOS Board of Trustees faction leader George Shaya has named a five-man executive which he hopes will run the day-to-day affairs of the club should he succeed in his bid to wrestle control of the Premiership champions.
Shaya, a former Dynamos chairman, who now claims to have taken over as Board of Trustees chairman, wrote to Zifa on Monday, advising them that he had appointed a new executive to replace the one led by Harare businessman Partson Moyo.
The Shaya executive is headed by former vice-chairman Simon Sachiti and includes former left-back Stanley Chirambadare (vice-chairman) secretary Ignatius Kafunde, treasurer Mike George and former goalkeeper Laban Kandi as a committee member.
Despite claiming to have dissolved the Moyo executive and appointing a new one, Shaya and his new management were once again conspicuous by their absence from a function involving Dynamos - the CBZ FA Cup launch at a Harare hotel yesterday.
Instead, DeMbare, who are the CBZ FA Cup defending champions, were represented by Moyo and secretary-general Tawanda Murere-kwa.
The Sachiti leadership is also likely to face a crisis of recognition amid indications from Zifa yesterday that the soccer mother body were already assisting the incumbent De-Mbare executive with their preparations for their next African Champions League mini-league assignment - a tough match away to Zamalek of Egypt.
Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya, who could find herself confronted with communication from two executives, said they would wait for the association's president Wellington Nyatanga to give them instructions on the matter.
Nyatanga, to whom Shaya wrote outlining the changes his rebel faction had made, is expected to deal with the DeMbare issue before the end of the week.
But the fact is that Rushwaya yesterday wrote to Murerekwa instead of Kafunde on Dynamos' trip to Egypt that clearly shows that Zifa are working with the Moyo executive.
Shaya and his board have already come under fire for the timing of the changes they have introduced to the DeMbare leadership with many observers arguing that they should have effected the changes before the start of the season.
The incumbent executive wrote to Zifa seeking the association's assistance in raising the over US$120 000 they would need for their game against Zamalek.
Rushwaya said she had since written back to Murerekwa also suggesting that Dynamos should strongly weigh the option of remaining in Cairo after their game against Zamalek on August 3.
This is because DeMbare will also face another Egyptian giant - Al Ahly - in the Egyptian capital on August 17 and Rushwaya reckoned it would be cost-effective for the Harare giants to travel once to the North African country.
"We are also going to engage the Zimbabwean embassy in Egypt to see if they can help with securing cheaper accommodation for Dynamos on the days that they would not be catered for by either Zamalek or Al Ahly.
"We would want to find out whether it would not be economically viable for Dynamos to stay put in Egypt for the two matches," Rushwaya said.
The Zifa boss insisted that her office had the mandate to handle the DeMbare international assignments in line with the Confederation of African Football requirements and would not be derailed by the squabbles that have surfaced at the club.
"While we await further instruction from the Zifa president, business must go on squabbles or no squabbles and I have to work with the executive that submitted the budget for the trip.
"We cannot afford a situation where Dynamos fail to fulfil their Champions League obligations because of these problems as there will be a severe penalty from Caf," Rushwaya said.
Meanwhile, DeMbare's game against Asec Mimosa of Cote d'Ivoire grossed $3,05 quadrillion from the gates, just a little short of the $3,7 quadrillion the club had projected to earn.
The club incurred a total of $2,433 quadrillion as direct match expenses with the City of Harare being the biggest beneficiaries by earning $621 trillion for the hire of Rufaro.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police received $160 trillion for maintaining peace and order during the game.
Police did a fine job in controlling the queues outside, with some officers coming on horseback for duty.
The ambulance medical team charged $147 trillion with the Sports and Recreation Commission taking $155 trillion as their levy.
Zifa got $1,38 trillion, just a token as compared to the other levies.
After paying all the direct match expenses, Dynamos were left with $800 trillion as their total club share from the exciting game in which Edward Sadomba's double helped them to a 2-1 win.
The $800 trillion net, however, left Dynamos still in the red and battling to pay most of their creditors.
Club treasurer Clayton Charandura said they needed to pay creditors like hotels for their camp.
Dynamos also footed the boarding for Mimosas as well as travel bills of the match officials.
The referees' allowances and airfares were paid in foreign currency and it amounted to US$17 500.
Dynamos also need to pay bonuses for the players.
"Now we want to go to Egypt for the other mini-league game, but we do not have the money. The total club share does not even cover the other expenses not related directly to the game.
"So we desperately need money for the away trips and have nothing for a start.
"It means we have to run around and work out something for the airfares," said Charandura.
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