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ZIFA requests Hero status for Mandigora

by Bustop TV News



By Trevor Makonyonga

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has written to the government requested for football legend, David Mandigora to be conferred with the national hero status.

In a statement, ZIFA Communications and competitions manager, Xolisani Gwesela, said ZIFA approached the government with this request and await a response.

“The Zimbabwe Football Association has written to the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) requesting government to confer hero status on the late football legend David ’Yogi’ Mandigora. Mandigora had a huge impact on the face of local football, from the colonia l days when the sport was used to challenge colonial rule. It was fitting that he was crowned as the soccer star in 1980 when the country attained independence. Yogi equally became a success story as a coach, leading his boyhood club Dynamos to league glory in 2007 and the Africa Champions League Semi final in 2008. He also played national team on various occasions and put the country on the football map. Mandigora’s transition from a devoted player into a successful coach epitomises the life story of a true hero for many young footballers and the generality of Zimbabweans. David served the sporting fraternity and the nation at large with distinction and it is our humble request that he be bestowed with the greatest honour of being declared a national hero.”

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