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THE 21-member squad that travelled to the recently ended Cosafa Women’s Championship signed contracts with Zifa prior to leaving for South Africa as the Normalisation Committee tasked with running the affairs of football in the country wanted to make sure the Mighty Warriors concentrated only on playing football.
Zimbabwean players — both men and women — are not new to going on strikes demanding to be paid their dues prior or during major tournaments.
Who would forget the debacle in Cameroon in 2021 when the men’s national team — the Warriors — threatened not to fulfill Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) matches if their monies were not deposited in their bank accounts.
Zifa was at that time led by Felton Kamambo.
The decay in Zimbabwean soccer culminated in so many things going wrong that Fifa had to step in and suspend the country from international football matters for a year and a half.
A Normalisation Committee led by Lincon Mutasa was set up and is now in charge of running the affairs of Zimbabwean football.
“The Mighty Warriors signed contracts with Zifa before leaving for the Cosafa tournament in South Africa and they were paid. But for more information please call Rosemary Mugadza,” said Mighty Warriors media and liaison officer Chioniso Mashakada.
Mugadza is also a member of the NC.
Mutasa, the NC boss, said the committee was in a series of meetings on Thursday afternoon though he also briefly confirmed that the players had signed contracts and had been paid.
B-Metro Sport wanted to find out the duration of the contracts or if they were specifically for the Cosafa tourney.
Cosafa has indicated there are no cash prizes for the women’s cup winners — Malawi and other top four teams. However, individual winners such as Golden Glove winner and Mighty Warriors goalkeeper Cynthia Shonga will get R20 000.
Zimbabwe finished fourth.
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