Yadah Football Club owner Walter Magaya has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court in Harare, challenging his disqualification from the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidential election. The case is set to be heard this Friday before Justice Tawanda Chitapi.
The urgent application follows a Tuesday case management meeting where parties agreed on the hearing date. Magaya has also appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeking further recourse.
Other disqualified candidates, including former Manchester City and Warriors forward Benjamin Mwaruwari and former ZIFA vice president Gift Banda, have similarly taken their cases to CAS.
Meanwhile, the ZIFA presidential race currently features six candidates, including businessmen Nqobile Magwizi, former CAPS United owner Twine Phiri, UK-based administrator Marshall Gore, ex-ZIFA board member Philemon Machana, Northern Region Football League chairperson Martin Kweza, and former Dynamos forward Makwinji “Kwinji 15′ Soma-Phiri.
In a related matter, former legislator Temba Mliswa has also filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo High Court to challenge his disqualification.
Represented by Advocate Musindo Hungwe, Mliswa seeks to halt the electoral process, citing the expiry of the ZIFA congress delegates’ mandates. His case is scheduled for hearing this afternoon.
It remains to be seen whether the association will hold the elections on 25 January amid the legal landmines.
