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ZIFA will not go into a bloc arrangement with COSAFA, who are backing Ahmad Ahmad to retain his CAF presidency, and the association will, instead, go it alone.
The majority of the member associations on the continent have backed incumbent president Ahmad to run for a second term.
The Felton Kamambo-led executive was conspicuous by their absence when 46 of the continent’s 54 association presidents appended their signatures to a statement calling on the Malagasy football administrator to consider contesting again.
A simple majority is required to win the CAF presidential election.
Zimbabwe are one of the eight African nations that did not put their name to the statement along with neighbours South Africa, Botswana, Algeria, Cote d’lvoire, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
The endorsements were obtained via the continent’s regional groups that include COSAFA, CECAFA, West Africa Football Union, Central Africa and North Africa.
COSAFA president, Phillip Chiyangwa, who played a key part in Ahmad’s election victory in 2017, is again the campaign manager for Ahmad’s re-election bid in 2021. Herald
