ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa has been nominated to fight for the COSAFA leadership post. The nominations are set to close on Wednesday with elections set for next month. Chiyangwa, who was voted ZIFA boss last year, is one of the two people who have been nominated to fight current COSAFA boss Suketu Patel. The other is SAFA boss Danny Jordaan.
The countries who make up the COSAFA region have been discussing the polls and The Herald revealed that Chiyangwa has been nominated to lead the regional football body. A source told The Herald that,
The nominations close on Wednesday and those with the voting power have been talking to each other and discussing the possible candidates. Your country’s football chief, Chiyangwa, is one of the two people who have been nominated for the post of COSAFA president. The other one is Jordaan who withdrew just before the polls were about to get underway in Botswana when it became clear he wasn’t going to win.
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