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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 23569, member: 2262"] Lovemore Madhuku Wins a Key Court Battle. ZIFA Lawyer Relieved as Mliswa Withdraws Election Challenge. Lovemore Madhuku felt happy on Wednesday. He is a lawyer for ZIFA, Zimbabwe's soccer group. ZIFA will hold an important election this week. But some people wanted to stop it. Temba Mliswa was one of them. He pulled out of the election and then went to court, saying it was not fair. Mr. Madhuku fought against Mr. Mliswa in court. The case took three hours. In the end, Mr. Mliswa gave up. He said he filed his papers too late. The judge agreed. She said Mr. Mliswa missed the deadline. He had eight weeks. But he took 11 weeks. Mr. Madhuku was glad he won. He said it was good news for ZIFA. But they still have another case to deal with. Walter Magaya is also upset. ZIFA said he could not run in the election. They claim his application was not right, which Mr. Magaya says is not fair. His case will go to court on Friday. The same judge will make a choice. ZIFA's election will happen on Saturday. It will be at a hotel called Rainbow Towers in Harare. Mr. Madhuku and another ZIFA lawyer, Chenaimoyo Gumiro, went to court on Wednesday. They were very happy when Mr. Mliswa backed down. Mr. Mliswa had to pay for the cost of the hearing, but the judge said he could still file a normal case later—it just would not be urgent. Mr. Mliswa's lawyer is Musindo Hungwe. He admitted they were too slow and made a mistake. Mr. Mliswa was not happy, but he said he had to be honest. He praised his lawyer, but he said they ran into some unexpected problems. Mr. Mliswa said this is not about him. It is about soccer. He wants the new ZIFA leaders to fix the rules. He said the election should happen soon. But he believes the current rules are a mess. Five people were told they cannot run in the election. ZIFA said they did not meet some standards. Mr. Mliswa was one of them. He argues that the group that made the rules had no right to do it. Their time in charge had ended in 2022. FIFA is the World Soccer Organization. It let the ZIFA group stay longer to make changes. Mr. Mliswa says that means the rule changes are no good. He thinks the whole election process is wrong. But for now, he has lost this court case. He said he may try again with a normal case in the future. The election will go on as planned this Saturday. But another case about it will happen on Friday. [/QUOTE]

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