SPORT PILGRIM with GRACE CHAILE LESOETSATHE need for a mother body in the sports field can never be debated. And in the last three years, Zambian sports has witnessed a big gap in administration as there was no body to provide a supervisory role.For sports associations, it was a situation of “Every man for himself, God for us all.” The National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ), a sports mother body mandated to oversee the running of sports in the country operated for three years without a board.And immediately after the Patrick Mutimushi led board became functional in February this year, their tenure of office came to an end last month. This has had a negative effect on the smooth running of sports in the country. But why this gap in the governance system?The biggest problem has been the fact that NSCZ does not operate autonomously and the government (Ministry of Sports) overrides their powers.In 2017, […]
Functional Sports Council a must
