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Bukhosi Mangena Sports Correspondent
THE Zimbabwe Women’s Football interim chairperson Elizabeth Langa has blamed squabbles rocking the association on the governing body Zifa for not properly inducting them resulting in a “confusion of roles”. Women’s football has been rocked by a series of controversies ever since the suspension of chairperson Miriam Sibanda and executive members Ben Mamoche and Edwin Magosvongwe by Zifa on allegations of misappropriation of funds.

Langa, who was Sibanda’s deputy, was elevated into an acting role, but the clubs declined to endorse her, insisting that they still recognised the suspended executive. The clubs have also fingered Langa as one of the driving forces behind the sacking of Sibanda.

“It’s not a secret that our executive is mired in squabbles and it’s unfortunate that the people behind this entire circus don’t even know their constitution because if they really knew what they were talking about, they wouldn’t be calling for someone who isn’t on suspension to be removed,” said Langa.

“However, I partly blame Zifa for all these squabbles because they didn’t conduct induction courses to make sure members are aware of the rules that govern certain parameters of the constitution.”

Last month, Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa called off elections to elect a new Women’s Football executive, saying the move was unconstitutional after clubs had lodged a complaint against a previous Zifa directive.

Chiyangwa ordered Women’s Football to assemble a 16-team league, whose leaders will in turn form a board of governors that will elect a substantive executive committee.