ZIMBABWE — HARARE - A scandal of seismic heights has rocked the Zimbabwe National soccer team with the Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Henrietta Rushwaya reportedly taking care of sexual needs of a high profile premier league striker spelling the demise of the nation’s hopes of qualifying for international soccer tourneys.

 

It has emerged that owing to the ZIFA Chief’s flurry of sex appetite, the concept of confining national team players into camp to avoid activities that pacify them in the face of international matches has become a mockery.

 

 

Rushwaya is reportedly in the habit of cowing the number one coach Jose Claudinei Valinhos into sanctioning the departure of some players from camp to moonlight in secluded night spots and even to have a brief encounter off the blankets with her.

 

A source close to the inner circles of the leadership of the national soccer team has spilled the beans that when the Warriors were billed to face Namibia in their maiden appearance at the Rufaro Aestro Turf, two days prior to the match, Benjani Mwaruwari, Harrington Shereni and Cephas Chimedza were spotted along Harare’s Samora Machel Avenue in a Twin Cab belonging to Rushwaya.

 

Sources say the UK based striker and Rushwaya were destined for naughty social episodes at a time other warriors were languishing in camp.

 

“Rushwaya and the player have left the senior team in a state of shock. When he comes home especially on a siesta from his overseas club, he camps at Rushwaya’s residence where they live literary like husband and wife…

 

Mwaruwari is no stranger to controversy. A few years ago he was involved in a fist fight with former Coventry City striker Peter Ndlovu in Egypt over some woman who turned out to be a lady of the night

 

Rushwaya herself is known for being generous with her body and numerous scribes have had a go. She is a very kind boss whose generosity has won her friends especially in the media as most of her scandals are deliberately swept under the carpet,” said the source on condition of anonymity.

 

When Rushwaya, the iron lady as she is known in some circles was appointed ZIFA’s CEO she could not hide her glutton as she singularly went into camp for almost three months at the Crowne plaza where most renowned male vultures close to her had a feast.

 

ZimDaily rang the Plaza at the time and she picked the phone from her room and had to hang up after realising that she had been invaded by a scribe.

 

An employee at Crowne Plaza had this to say: “This is Zimbabwe my friend. The ZIFA lady is living large here despite her having a house in Harare.”

 

Rushwaya once worked in Vice President Joseph Msika’s office and she is reportedly a “no-nonsense” person who does not take kindly to criticism of any sort.

 

It is widely believed that ZANU PF largely sanctioned her stay at the Crowne Plaza under the belief that she had the power to turn around the fortunes at ZIFA.

 

Efforts to get a comment from Rushwaya were futile as she was said to be engaged at Holiday Inn with the Warriors pencilled to fulfil their 'useless' reverse fixture with the Namibians.

 

In a visit to the Holiday Inn to talk to Rushwaya, a player who was busking October sunshine at the entrance of the hotel said, “If you would like to see our mother figure, you can come during lunch hour and you will surely not miss her in the dining hall as she cannot miss the exercise of colliding utensils against each other.”

 

Meanwhile Valinhos, the Warriors coach has reportedly fired a salvo at his critics that he is not going anywhere despite bleak chances of Zimbabwe qualifying for any international tourney for now as it stares a dead rubber.

 

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