Contract talks sideline Häuptle from Brazil FIFA series

Halubolo won’t take you anywhere. Even ba Mwape was a better coach than this timid, tactless muntu. He has been at Green Buffaloes for decades—what glory has he brought to the club apart from occasionally winning the amateurish Zambian women’s league? Each time he goes, even for the COSAFA club tournament, which is a qualifying stage for the Africa CAF Women’s Club Championship, he always flops.

And that’s the coach you think will progress the team to greater heights? Please, stop dreaming. I would rather they give a chance to the U17 and U20 coaches (Kanyemba and Florence) to lead the team. Kanyemba is more analytical and passionate about women’s football than this Charles guy, and she has proven herself by qualifying the U17 team to the World Cup twice. But again, tribalism in Zed won’t permit her to be given a chance to take over.

The problem we have at FAZ is having dishonest, stingy people who do not believe in investing in women’s football, which is why the standards have started to decline. Coach Nora is the best person to take the team forward, but just because she earns a pay cheque in dollars, there is too much petty jealousy at FAZ and the Ministry of Sports—hence their aim to frustrate her out of her job. There is a lot of dishonesty in the statement FAZ has been forced to release under pressure after public outcry over how they are handling Copper Queens affairs.

Kamanga had a genuine passion for women’s football, which is why our team is currently fourth-ranked in Africa, and the very reason we managed to snatch Nora from the women’s football–passionate Ghanaians. Our current administrators at FAZ aren’t serious enough about women’s football, which is why they drag their feet in organising friendlies for the team. Even for friendlies presented to them on a silver platter, such as the FIFA friendlies in Mexico, they fail on basic issues like organising visas for players on time.