Businessman-cum politician Phillip Chiyangwa recorded a landslide victory over rivals Trevor Carelse-Juul, Leslie Gwindi and James Takavada to assume the reins as the Zimbabwe Football Association president at an elective congress at held at Zifa Village on Saturday.
Munya Madzokere
While a public poll by a local media house had presented Carelse-Juul as the preferred choice for the general Zimbabwe football fraternity, the Zifa Councillors who hold the exclusive voting rights in Zifa election chose Chiyangwa.
Chiyangwa’s ally Omega Sibanda, the suspended vice-president of the previous Cuthbert Dube led board sensationally bounced in the same capacity.
Edzayi Kasinauyo, Felton Kamambo, Piraishe Mabhena and Philemon Machana complete the new Zifa board.
