Mlotshwa scoffs at Fifa suspension

Zim Now Writer

The Sports and Recreation Commission board chairman, Gerald Mlotshwa, has said Fifa’s move was unnecessary as neither Zifa nor the regulatory body had approached the world football governing body to have the suspension lifted.

He said SRC’s immediate focus remains to oversee the implementation of key reforms which were recommended by the Zifa Restructuring Committee before any efforts to have the suspension lifted.

“There’s nothing new here. Neither SRC nor to the best of my knowledge, Zifa have approached Fifa to lift the suspension of Zimbabwe’s membership,” said Mlotshwa, who is President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son-in-law.

“The focus is on reforms. Our conversations with Fifa are centred on reforms and not the lifting of Zifa’s suspension. No such formal request has been made yet."