Ultimatum for sport associations

THE Sport and Recreation Commission have given national associations and recreational clubs until April 10 to regularise their operations by complying with the governance code that has been set by the supreme regulatory body.

National associations, who are affiliated to the Sports Commission, will converge in Harare on Friday for a day-long workshop at which government’s policy on governance and the 100-day performance target will be explained.

SRC acting director-general, Joseph Muchechetere, said in a statement that associations and country clubs would upon satisfying the supreme sports body’s requirements, be issued with new registration certificates and licenses.

“Following our submission and subsequent approval of the 100-day Rapid Results Projects by the government, the Sport and Recreation Commission wishes to advise National Sport Associations, Country/Sports Clubs and the public that it will be hosting a governance and compliance conference for all the National Associations registered with the SRC, as well as those National Associations and Country/Sports Clubs that are yet to register with the SRC, on 23 February 2018 in Harare.

“The conference has been necessitated by the need to explain to the Sport and Recreation Organizations referred to above on the new system for the registration and licensing of National Associations, Clubs and other Sport and Recreation Organisations that the SRC will be adopting during the 100-day period ending on 10 April 2018.

“During this period, all the national Associations are expected to have fully complied with the dictates of the Sports and Recreation Commission Act which compel the NAs to have submitted statutory and administrative returns to the SRC which include audited financial statements, annual report from the president/ chairman, annual general meeting minutes, membership of each association and the payment of the annual levy currently pegged at $4 per annum per member, estimates of income and expenditure for the ensuing year, calendar of activities for both national and international events,” Muchechetere said.

This conference is expected to present the Sports Commission with an opportunity to assess the compliance levels of the various associations affiliated to them and the recreational organisations that have largely operated outside the scrutiny of the body.

“It is within these 100 days that we aim to ensure that all associations are compliant and we will issue them with a registration certificate and operator’s license.

“I must overtly state that sport can only play its role in the socio-economic development of this country if it is properly organized and this is one way to achieve this objective.

‘’It also important to state that all the national associations that do not comply with this directive will be de-registered in line with Section 30 of the Sports and Recreation Commission Act Chapter 25:15 of 1991,” Muchechetere said.