Expelled ZIFA boss Henrietta Rushwaya has spoken out on her ‘special’ relationship with Prophet Walter Magaya and allegations that she masterminded a payout for sex-scandal accuser Denford Mutashu.
Ms Rushwaya told ZimEye  in an exclusive interview she  has never met Mutashu who was controversially “silenced” soon after charging at the prophet on charges of abusing his wife for sexual gratification. The interview began with questions following her recently announced legal action against her former employers ZIFA.
 
FULL INTERVIEW:
Q: There is a report that you worked for ZIFA without getting any salary according to your lawyer is  that true?
R: Yes I worked for ZIFA For 4 years which is equivalent to 48  months without getting a single cent.I can confirm that.
Q: How come you never raised such an issue for such a long time?  Never sued ZIFA  as you had a court case soon after  your suspension from work that when yo.Now there are accusations that you have destroyed national  foot ball and the national team.
R: It also came as a surprise to me. that i never got a single cent. I never expected a single cent but all I  was expecting  a situation  where a question of professionalism comes in where everyone who works has to get his dues as a common norm.
Q: You have been put in an untenable situation. Now people have judged you saying you are unpatriotic. There are accusations that you have destroyed national  football and the national team.
R :  If it is to do with the match fixing scandal,  the Asiagate scandal  never existed …(.sic) and if  something is not proven in the court of law its not true. There are some other footballers who got banned  because of these allegations.
R: In this case you are still in good books with FIFA?
R :  I am in good books with ZIFA because football teams should never be taken to court (sic).
Q: There are comments that you are the one who manufactured the Magaya amd  Mutashu  fiasco for the purpose of money. Is that true?
R: I don’t know who Mutashu is and I have never met him. How could I have organised such as a thing  like that with someone whom I have never seen? I don’t believe that those people(accusing me) are from Magaya’s church but they are from the football association, detractors who want to tarnish my image and reputation. No proven(sic).
Remember during my tenure football was run during hard time economic times. which was being experienced by Zimbabwe. And because the runnings and mileage did not down go well with Dube and that’s when he came in.
Q: So Cuthbert Dube is the one behind the malicious damage?
R:  He is being malicious and…  He does not even have any (sic) that he can attatch to (sic). All this was done for money.