Mbidi predicts Cosafa AGM election win

Mbidi predicts Cosafa AGM election winAll set for Cosafa AGM The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) vice-president Salemane Phafane will face off with Namibia Football Association (NFA) president Frans Mbidi for the position. Namibia Football Association president Frans Mbidi has expressed confidence of being elected as Cosafa vice-president on Saturday.
The election will take place at the Cosafa annual general meeting at Sun City, South Africa, on Saturday.
Mbidi will contest the position with current Cosafa vice-president Salemane Phafane of Lesotho, who is tipped to have the backing of many senior officials.
However, the NFA president remains positive that he will replace his Lesotho counterpart after the election.
Speaking in a telephonic interview from South Africa, Mbidi said: “I do believe my time to become the vice-president of Cosafa has come.
“I am very confident that I will be voted into the position because the officials have shown trust in me and that is a positive sign.
“I do believe that my opponent has done a great job and I am willing to do more in order to improve Cosafa if elected.
“We have been learning so much here during our stay in South Africa given that we have attended different meetings and workshops.”
The former Oshana regional chairman was elected Namibia Football Association president in 2014 at the association’s 23rd AGM with 19 votes out of a possible 25.
The football association under Mbidi’s helm held a successful Cosafa Cup tournament were the senior national team won the plate final.
Prior to hosting the tournament on Namibian soil, the national team had won the competition in South Africa the previous year.
“There are also three candidates contesting for the presidency position which is currently held by Suketu Patel of the Seychelles.
“The election is not the only important thing on the agenda in view of the fact that financial reports will be presented at the meeting too.
“The meeting will also weigh the failures and successes of the organisation for the year 2016,” Mbidi said.
The Southern African football body was established by the Supreme Council of Sports in Africa – Zone 6.
It has 14 member nations under a single umbrella, with the goal of developing football. The 14 member countries are Angola, Botswana, the Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and associate member Reunion.
JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA