Sikhumbuzo Moyo
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) last night received formal notification of the dissolution of Zifa and documents to register the newly formed National Football Association of Zimbabwe (NFAZ).

This comes after world football governing body Fifa also confirmed receipt of notification to dissolve Zifa, although they had not received communication on the outcome of the extraordinary general meeting.

“We were informed by Zifa about the holding of an extraordinary congress on 4 June 2016 to decide on the possible dissolution of the association. However, we haven’t yet received any communication on the outcome of the congress and therefore, can’t make any further comment at this stage,” said a Fifa spokesperson yesterday.

The country’s supreme sports body last night, however, said it had received a formal notification in line with Section 29 and 30 of the SRC Act.

“We confirm that we’re in possession of the dissolution papers which we received today (yesterday). We’ve also been served with papers to register the new association and I’m actually busy preparing the papers for my principals, which is the board and that’ll be done tomorrow (today). My job is simply to act on the recommendations of my principal,” said SRC acting director general Joseph Muchechetere.

He said the move to dissolve Zifa was within the laws of the land.

“Dissolution of an organisation, particularly those not under the Companies Act, is done under the Insolvency Act where its members can make a resolution, but within its constitutional dictates to dissolve that particular organisation. The same organisation can also be dissolved through a court application by creditors, but as for the SRC, it can only deregister, not dissolve,” said Muchechetere.

The dissolution of Zifa was done under Article 77 of Zifa’s constitution which reads: “Any decision relating to the dissolution of Zifa requires a majority of three-quarters of all of the members of Zifa, which must be obtained at a congress specially convened for the purpose. If Zifa is disbanded, its assets shall be transferred to the Sports and Recreation Commission Zimbabwe. It shall hold these assets in trust as ‘bonus pater familiae’ until Zifa is re-established. The final congress may, however, choose another recipient for the assets on the basis of a three-quarters majority.”