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The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA) has confirmed the arrest of Tsholotsho Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda (55) and finance executive Brighton Malandule (51), who is a former ZIFA board member, on corruption allegations.
In a statement, NPA said the two accused persons appeared at Hwange Magistrates’ Court facing 5 counts of criminal abuse of office and were each granted ZWL$1.2 million. Read the statement:
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COUNTS OF CORRUPTION FOR TSHOLOTSHO
Tsholotsho Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda (55) and finance executive Brighton Malandule (51) appeared at Hwange Magistrates’ Court facing 5 counts of criminal abuse of office.
It is the State’s case that on 19 October 2019, Tsholotsho RDC through accused one entered into a contract with Makhadu Marketing for installation of a borehole worth ZWL164 260 without following due processes.
Accused one authorized the processing of the full payment of the cost of the borehole before the contractor had fulfilled the terms of contract.
Accused two effected payments without carrying out due diligence.
In June 2021 accused one, without following procurement procedures sought quotations from 2 suppliers for fitting up a new solar pump at Mgomeni Primary School.
He went on to authorize processing of payment of USD1930 to Arnorene Enterprises Private Limited and accused two effected transfers of funds without carrying out due diligence.
In November 2021 and May 2022, Tsholotsho RDC engaged Arnorene Enterprises to do borehole maintenance at 3 sites in the council’s Ward 7 and went on to process payments amounting to ZWL164 000 and ZWL55 000 respectively, to Arnorene Enterprises, without following due processes.
On 10 April 2023, Tsholotsho RDC contracted Papcastle Services Private Limited to do motor vehicle repairs worth USD7 699 without obtaining authority to engage in a direct procurement from the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe.
The accused persons processed payment amounting to USD7 000 between 13 May 2023 and 11 July 2023 without carrying out due diligence.
The two were arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) following a tip-off from a whistleblower.
Accused persons were granted ZWL1 200 000 bail each. The matter was remanded to 5 February 2024 pending finalization of investigations by ZACC.
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More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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Former ZIFA Boss' Arrest... Fresh Details Emerge

Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) board member, Brighton Malandule, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission last week for alleged abuse of public funds.
According to <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/ex-zifa-boss-malandule-nabbed-for-abuse-of-public-funds/">H-Metro</a>, Malandule, who is the Tsholotsho Rural District Council executive finance officer, was arrested for allegedly abusing public funds at the local authority.
Malandule was a member of the ZIFA board, led by Felton Kamambo, which was dismissed from office by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) in November 2021 on a litany of allegations including abuse of office.
Malandule is being charged together with Tsholotsho Rural District Council chief executive, Nkululeko Sibanda.
The two officials were arrested last Thursday and appeared before Tsholotsho magistrate Thomas Gurejena on Saturday.
They were each remanded out of custody to 05 January on $1.2 million bail.
According to court papers, Malandule and Sibanda are both responsible for procuring goods and services for the council and its arms.
The duo allegedly awarded a borehole drilling contract to Makhado Marketing without following the proper procedures and approval of the council.
Malandule, who had the duty to monitor the use of resources in pursuit of defined objectives of the Council, to ensure all expenditures were as per budget and exercising due diligence before effecting payments to avoid financial losses to the Council, allegedly acted contrary and inconsistent with his duties as the Treasurer of Tsholotsho RDC by effecting payments to Makhado Marketing without exercising due diligence. Read the court papers:
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By so doing, the accused persons showed favour to Makhado Marketing by hand-picking it without going to tender or using the request for quotation method of procurement and paying full cost price of borehole surveying, siting, drilling and installation of cylinder complete with foot valves and bush pumps well knowing that Makhado Marketing had not yet performed its contractual obligations thereby putting Tsholotsho RDC on high risk of unnecessary sunk costs.
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According to prosecutors, Sibanda was the one who single-handedly gave Makhado Marketing the contract.
Criminal abuse of office – or criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, to give the crime its proper name – is defined in section 174 (1) of the Criminal Law Code as follows:
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If a public officer, in the exercise of his or her functions as such, intentionally— (a) does anything that is contrary to or inconsistent with his or her duty as a public officer; or (b) omits to do anything which it is his or her duty as a public officer to do; for the purpose of showing favour or disfavour to any person, he or she shall be guilty of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer…
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A person is guilty of this crime if they do something inconsistent with their official duty or fail to carry out an official duty, to give an advantage or benefit to someone else or prejudice someone else.
In the year 2021, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) received 1 354 reports, out of which 51% (697) were related to criminal abuse of duty. Fraud cases came second at 31%.
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Former ZIFA Boss Arrested For Abuse Of Public Funds

ZIFA Referees Committee acting chairperson Bryton Mudzamiri has dismissed allegations that suspended ZIFA executive committee member Bryton Malandule still has firm control of proceedings at the referees’ committee.
Mudzamiri told Chronicle that he, not Malandule, is fully in charge and responsible for match officials. He said:
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Can we run football on rumours? I don’t think so. I am in charge, and not Malandule.
It is unfortunate that our football is contaminated, and there is too much hate speech.
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However, sources told Chronicle that Malandule was still in control of operations of the committee and Mudzamiri constantly consult him before engaging other members of the referees’ committee. Said the source:
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Mudzamiri might claim to be running things in that committee, but everyone knows that that is not what is actually happening on the ground.
Malandule still has a big influence on what happens, he has firm control of proceedings, with Mudzamiri constantly consulting him first before engaging other members of the referees’ committee.
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Malandule was chairperson of the referees’ committee at the time of his suspension by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC).
He was suspended on 16 November 2021 alongside other ZIFA board members namely president Felton Kamambo, Philimon Machana, Sugar Chagonda, Premier Soccer League chairperson Farai Jere and Zimbabwe Women’s Soccer League chairperson Barbra Chikosi.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/new-i-am-in-charge-of-referees-mudzamiri/">Chronicle</a></h4>

'I Am In Charge Of Referees', Says Mudzamiri

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is not expected to take action against Warriors coach Zdravko Logarušić when its technical and development committee meet the Croat and his support staff this Saturday.
Reports suggested that ZIFA would likely terminate Loga’s contract when the technical and development committee meets to discuss the team’s performance at the recent COSAFA tournament held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/07/11/i-won-when-it-mattered-logarusic-defends-poor-record/">“I Won When It Mattered”, Logarusic Defends Poor Record</a></li>
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ZIFA’s technical and development committee chairman, Bryton Malandule, on Thursday said the scheduled meeting was standard practice and did not mean action would be taken against Loga. Said Malandule:
<blockquote>The submission of a report by the coach is standard practice after every tournament or even after a game. It does not mean that action will be taken against the coach.
The hiring and firing of the coach is the prerogative of the ZIFA board, with recommendations from the technical committee.
We will, however, meet to review the performance of the team at COSAFA upon the submission of a report by the coach.</blockquote>
Warriors supporters have been clamouring to see Logarusic’s back since the COSAFA debacle where Zimbabwe crashed out of the tournament in the group stages. The Croat’s contract ends in six months.
Logarusic also has a very poor record with the Warriors, having won only one match from the twelve games that he has overseen.
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<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/07/19/zifa-critical-of-logarusics-cosafa-experiments/">ZIFA Critical Of Logarusic’s COSAFA Experiments</a></li>
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Lat week Malandule was critical of Logarusic. He dismissed the Croat’s claim that the Warriors were not aiming at winning the COSAFA Cup but were using it to prepare for CHAN and World Cup qualifiers. Malandule said:
<blockquote>From a board point of view, we expected these guys to go and win the tournament, that was the mandate.
That is why we sacrificed our little resources, we cannot send people, when we don’t have money to on holiday, to go and make experiments.</blockquote>
Loga has, however, argued that he should not be judged by his performance at the regional tournament because most of his players were rusty.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/07/zifa-defends-warriors-coach-logarusic/">NewsDay</a></h4>

"ZIFA Technical And Development Committee Won't Fire Logarusic"

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Referees Chairman Brighton Malandule said Grace Gimo was qualified to handle the Independence Trophy final between Dynamos and Highlanders.
The Glamour Boys were 2-0 victors over Bosso in the match that was played at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, but some football fans criticised Gimo’s handling of the match.
Comments expressed on various social media platforms indicated that some football enthusiasts felt Gimo was over-awed by the occasion and didn’t deserve to officiate such a high profile match pitting the country’s two biggest clubs.
Gimo is the first female referee to handle a match between Dynamos and Highlanders and is one of only three female referees to pass the match officials’ tests in the country.
Malandule defended Gimo’s selection to handle the match saying the referee had already officiated at COSAFA. He said:
<blockquote>Grace officiated successfully at the Cosafa games in South Africa last year, so she is a very promising athlete and she’s doing well, in return as a committee we saw it appropriate to let her officiate the Uhuru Cup marking our independence.</blockquote>
Malandule castigated fans who criticised Gimo because of her gender and urged supporters to be respectful. He added:
<blockquote>We support female officials, we don’t discriminate against officials because of gender, they are assessed based on their performance only, not their gender.
It was so disappointing to learn that there was abuse that was directed at her, such behaviour should not be tolerated.
… As the committee, we are very proud of Gimo’s performance. We stand by our decision to appoint Gimo because it was on merit and she convinced us that she can handle such high-profile matches…</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/zifa-defends-grace/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">H-Metro</a></h4>

ZIFA Defends Uhuru Trophy Final Referee, Grace Gimo

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