The football mother body has written letters to a number of local clubs demanding remittances of the levy that the association is entitled to in every international transfer.
Zifa believe they could have been prejudiced of approximately US$103 000 (R802 500) after clubs failed to remit the 15% levy that they were supposed to pay before an International Transfer Certificate (ITC) is issued.
The national association is entitled to 15% of the gross transfer fee (for each player transfer) as per Fifa statutes. The money goes towards football development but the perennially broke Zifa has not been receiving it in spite of the players being issued with international travelling certificates.Among the 12 players whose clubs Zifa have written letters of demand includes high-profile national team players such as Knowledge Musona, Method Mwanjali and Ramson Zhuwawo.
In 2009, Musona moved from Aces Youth Academy to join crack South African side Kaizer Chiefs for an undisclosed amount together with defenders Thomas Sweswe and Jaimu Jambo.
Musona, who is ranked by Fifa as one of the players to watch out for in future, has since left Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa to join Germany Bundasliga side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Mwanjali moved to South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns together with Nyasha Mushekwi and Lionel Mtizwa in 2010. Zhuwawo, together with Carlington Nyadombo moved from Gunners to AmaZulu in 2010.
The association’s communications officer Nicky Dhlamini-Moyo confirmed that the association had written to the clubs demanding payment of the levy but could not give further details as she said clubs were still to receive the letters.
“Yes I can confirm that action has been taken against clubs that have not remitted the 15% levy the association is entitled to in every transfer. We have written letters to the clubs and the cut off date is October 31 this year. I can not say much because the clubs are still to receive the letters,” she said.
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However, the association has not been receiving any money from these transfers, but the players were being given the ITCs.The loss in revenue has led Zifa to probe how the players got the international transfer certificates as it used to be issued only after the payment of the 15% levy.
Zimbabwe is an active country on the transfer market with players moving mostly to South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Swaziland.According to a football website, Kickoff, Zimbabwe makes up a third of the 62 foreign players registered as non-locals.
