Only Dube can fire Mashingaidze

13 Jul, 2014 - 06:07 0 Views
Only Dube can fire Mashingaidze Cuthbert Dube

The Sunday Mail

Cuthbert Dube

Cuthbert Dube

ZIFA chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze has rubbed most of the association’s board members the wrong way through the manner he administers the local game.
The past few months have seen Mashingaidze falling out with several Zifa board members, who accuse him of undermining their authority and behaving “like a law unto himself.”

They also accuse him of using his close relationship with Zifa president Cuthbert Dube to railroad some decisions that “ordinarily would need the approval of board members”.

The miffed board members are understood to be exploring ways of having Mashingaidze fired “or at least having his wings clipped”.

However, it has emerged that the Zifa chief executive can only be fired by the association’s president.
According to Article 37, Section 3 of the Zifa constitution, which outlines the responsibilities of the president and makes reference to the chief executive as the general secretary, the decision to appoint or fire a chief executive is the Zifa president’s to make.

“Only the president may propose the appointment or dismissal of the general secretary, which shall be approved by the executive committee,” reads the section. A fortnight ago, Mashingaidze had a nasty fallout with women’s football boss Miriam Sibanda over the scheduling of last Friday’s friendly between the Mighty Warriors and South Africa.

Sibanda accused Mashingaidze of not consulting her.
It’s an accusation that drew the ire of the Zifa chief executive.

“You must appreciate that I have an office to run and have a clear reporting structure. I report to the Zifa president and I interface with board members from time to time,” Mashingaidze wrote to Sibanda as the pair exchanged harsh words.

Two months ago there was an outcry as Mashingaidze appointed Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe to fill the then vacant office of technical director without consulting the seven-member board.

Section 53 of the Zifa constitution outlines Mashingaidze’s mandate: “The general secretary is the chief executive of the general secretariat.

“He shall be appointed on the basis of an agreement governed by private law and shall have the necessary professional qualifications.

“He shall be responsible for:
a) Implementing decisions passed by the congress and executive committee in compliance with the president’s directives;

b) Attending the congress and meetings of the executive committee, emergency committee and the standing and ad-hoc committees;

c) Organising the congress and meetings of the Executive committee and other bodies;

d) Compiling the minutes for the meetings of the congress, executive committee, emergency committee and standing and ad-hoc committees;

e) Managing and keeping the accounts of Zifa properly;

f) The correspondence of Zifa;

g) Relations with the members, committees, Fifa and . . . (acronym of appropriate confederation);

h) Organising the general secretariat;

i) The appointment and dismissal of staff working in the general secretariat;

j) Proposing managerial staff to the president.
“The general secretary may not be a Congress delegate or a member of any body of Zifa.”

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