Zifa Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Mashingaidze, says the association is setting aside some funds to bankroll the initiative which he believes will completely eradicate match fixing in the country.
“Match fixing still exists in Zimbabwe. As Zifa, we are introducing a fund to reward whistleblowers who will lead to the perpetrators,” said Mashingaidze.
The Zifa supremo said the reward would be presented to the whistleblower as soon as Zifa were satisfied that the information supplied was true.
The football controlling body is of the conviction that there is match fixing in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League and the first division, with the association’s President, Cuthbert Dube coming out in the open that they will not rest until this practice was gotten rid off.
“There is match-fixing in the PSL. There is match fixing in the first division. Let me warn you, that Zifa will not rest until this is system is done with,” Dube is on record as saying, also warning referees that Zifa will also come hard on this section of the game as well.
Zifa has just concluded investigations into the Asiagate scandal in which Zimbabwe national team players and officials were found guilty of receiving large sums of money to throw away matches in favour of an Asian betting syndicate.
Some of the players and officials have since received life bans, others have been banned for periods from two to 10 years, while former national team coach Norman Mapeza has been banned for six months.
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