Zimbabwe News Update

🇿🇼 Published: 08 May 2026
📘 Source: The Witness

It’s amazing how the past, (dubious), always comes back to haunt one. Mayor Thebolla can say what he wants to, nothing will right the wrongs inflicted upon Maritzburg United, now Durban City, Nedbank Cup title holders, Dragon-slayers, Karma, call it what you like. (The Witness, May 4).

Contracts, like rules, are made to be broken. Hiding behind a contract, which was supposedly implemented to the letter, (dollar?), is brittle defence. I am no soccer fan, but even I could see here was a plan (kicking out Maritzburg United for Royal AM), that was never going to come together.

Contracts and all. And so it proved with the subsequent Royal AM saga. Durban City will never come back to Pietermarizburg.

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Why would they? Farouk Kadodia, Chairperson of Durban City, will never come back. The reason is obvious: once bitten, twice shy.

This is reality!The Witnessshould conduct a survey amongst Pietermaritzburg soccer fans. If there is one supporter that sides with Msunduzi Municipality, in the way they handled this issue, I’ll eat my hat! On top of City Hall. Pietermarizburg, (Sleepy hollow), you snoozed big time!

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Originally published by The Witness • May 08, 2026

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