Kennedy Ndebele, the first Zifa president and former PSL CEO has ordered all clubs to direct their complaints against poor officiating and referees to him via the secretary general office, in a move set to subvert PSL autonomy in the running of their competitions, The Page can reveal.
In a memo written to affiliates clubs, a copy of which is in the hands of The Page, Ndebele said the order is with immediate effect.
Interestingly, when Ndebele was CEO at PSL he resisted this move, that he now wants clubs to follow.
He argued then that it meant there was no separation of powers and suspectible to abuse by clubs.
What has changed now for under fire if arrogant Ndebele, to want to exclude the PSL, under whose auspices, the competitions in which referees, who are provided by Zifa, participate?
For those who thought that The Page was targeting Ndebele, the communique to clubs is open evidence that he is now the de facto secretariat of the referees committee with Faith Mloyi and her team, reduced to graveyard spooks.
The PSL clubs, who confirmed receipt of the communique said they will continue to channel their grievances against referees via the PSL office.
“We will not deal with Zifa directly, when we play in a league run by PSL. Ndebele can deal with his referees in the manner he wants, because they’re his utensils.
“But clubs, who are very unhappy with the performance and behaviour of some referees, continue to channel our issues via the PSL.
“Is Ndebele trying to tell us that now we can communicate with FIFA directly and not via the office of secretary general?
“He must not try to musk his referee management shortcomings by making insensible decisions, devoid of reason, other than political capital, ” a club chairman, who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
The Page has also established that Ndebele is battling with reports, which he wants to see personally, as if he is a committee member, where concerns have been raised over the suspension of referees.
The suspension of the three officials was quickly followed by three very poor incidents of poor officiating akin and worse than for those, whose referees, were punished.
Will the nation see Owen Manenda immediately suspended for his sub standard performance in the DeMarriot versus Caps United match on Sunday?
Or the favourite of referees committee chair, Mloyi’s blue eyed boy, will be spared, while ignoring the blatant effects of the decision to not award a penalty to Caps United and a send off for Emmanuel Jalai, which clearly affected the outcome of the game?
But the latest decision by Ndebele to order the clubs to report directly to him is very off side and the move clearly gives away the reason why the Zifa Exco aren’t keen on having elections at PSL and women held, which have now been set for July 25, effectively locking the governors powers away.
We don’t have a leadership at Zifa and January 25 is fast becoming a wasted AGM bash.
If a whole leadership can collectively make a decision as hollow and suspect as this, then entrusting our whole national teams in the hands of such men and women is genocidal.
Nqobile Magwizi and his Exco, who are operating as a normalization committee 2.0, at the moment, due to the deliberate absence of the assembly, have been systematically destroying the structures, justifying their modus operandi, of doing everything away from the constitution.
The PSL clubs who holds the single largest constituents have been targeted for division by Ndebele after it emerged that an audit of finances is required, since the departure of Ndebele and his chairman, Farai Jere, who like Ndebele, was accused of disrespecting the concerns of other clubs.
After the latest communique ordering clubs to circumvent PSL secretariat, other clubs have raised issues like the PSL audit, in which they want an explanation how Ndebele may have benefited a league car, which was bought for the position or for use by the incumbent.
Allegedly, Ndebele drove away with the car. The Page was unable to establish if indeed the car is in Ndebele’s custody or that it belongs to the PSL. Or both.
If a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king.It is the palace that becomes a circus.
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