Nigel Munyati said ( about Kirsty Coventry ) : “The minister (Kirsty Coventry) was very concerned that we were going towards the end of the year (and) there were no tangible efforts to resume football. So the minister came to us and asked for ideas on how we could implement the resumption of football,” “That is how the mini league and the bubble concept came about. So we consulted and spoke to various stakeholders in football and the idea was that we would cascade it. We start with the main league which is the PSL and see how we can resume PSL in a managed and safe environment. There was no way we could say Zifa everyone can start playing football, so we asked them to work with us in this proposal which they agreed to and were actually going to implement. PSL was very happy, I can tell you that today”

newsday Wednesday, December 9, 2020 8:03:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati told ( about Oliver Mtukudzi ) : “I grew up in an artistic family as both my parents were involved in the arts. My father was a music entrepreneur who helped many young musicians become famous. Oliver Mtukudzi used to say I played my first acoustic guitar at your father’s house,”

thestandard-zw Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : “The biggest challenge in sport is bad governance and one of the biggest tragedies for me is that politicians also want to run sport in this country. I think they need to decide what they want to do because politics and sport are very demanding by themselves,”

thestandard-zw Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Abubakar is still with his club but it is a good club for his development,"

onlinenigeria Thursday, January 31, 2019 10:33:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Abubakar is still with his club but it is a good club for his development,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:31:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : “Abubakar is still with his club but it is a good club for his development,”

herald Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:29:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati told : "I think it's very tragic that our football administrators are failing to appreciate the importance of developing Zimbabwe football because you don't develop players who are 27 or 28; you need to go right down at the bottom up to the Under 23s,"

allafrica Monday, July 25, 2016 12:16:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "If you are depriving them the opportunity of playing in tournaments like the Cosafa Under-17 or the Africa Under-17 championship qualifiers you are denying them an opportunity to get exposure at international level at a crucial stage in their young careers. The end result is you're killing the future of Zimbabwe football. We might say they don't care because we have already qualified for next year's Afcon but what happens after that?"

allafrica Monday, July 25, 2016 12:16:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Cuthbert Dube ) : "We thought the new administration would do things differently after making promises to do better, but they have gone on to do exactly the same if not worse, because at least the Dube leadership tried but the current leadership gave up without even making an effort," "To me, it's more lack of interest than genuine shortage of funds. They should have at least made an effort to fundraise. It exposes a current administration that doesn't care about football"

allafrica Monday, July 25, 2016 12:16:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati told : “I think it’s very tragic that our football administrators are failing to appreciate the importance of developing Zimbabwe football because you don’t develop players who are 27 or 28; you need to go right down at the bottom up to the Under 23s,”

thestandard-zw Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:56:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : “If you are depriving them the opportunity of playing in tournaments like the Cosafa Under-17 or the Africa Under-17 championship qualifiers you are denying them an opportunity to get exposure at international level at a crucial stage in their young careers. The end result is you’re killing the future of Zimbabwe football. We might say they don’t care because we have already qualified for next year’s Afcon but what happens after that?”

thestandard-zw Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:56:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Cuthbert Dube ) : “We thought the new administration would do things differently after making promises to do better, but they have gone on to do exactly the same if not worse, because at least the Dube leadership tried but the current leadership gave up without even making an effort,” “To me, it’s more lack of interest than genuine shortage of funds. They should have at least made an effort to fundraise. It exposes a current administration that doesn’t care about football”

thestandard-zw Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:56:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "We are 15 years old now. When we started, we bought this house and have developed it into what it is today with more rooms for the players,"

allafrica Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:51:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Over 250 kids have come through this academy. Each player spends between four to six years at the academy,"

allafrica Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:51:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Of the 25 girls called up for the Rio 2016 Olympics, we have five players including Rufaro Machingura, Daisy Kaitano, Majorie Nyaumwe, Sheila Makoto and Eunice Chibanda,"

allafrica Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:51:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "What also happens is that we always try and send some of our high potential players to Europe so both Knowledge and Khama spent some time there,"

allafrica Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:18:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Academy ) : "Our Academy costs a quarter of million dollars to run per year to run it and we have got donors in Switzerland and Sweden who fund our activities but that probably accounts for about $180 00 so we still have a deficit of about $70 000 per year," "We need to meet that through our player transfers"

allafrica Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:18:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "We have achieved quite incredible success with our players, Knowledge went to Germany, things may not have worked out as he would have wanted but I think because of the discipline that we gave him, what we taught him, the perseverance, he didn't give up and came back to South Africa but his mind was still focused on going back to Europe,"

allafrica Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:18:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Kirsty Coventry ) : “The minister (Kirsty Coventry) was very concerned that we were going towards the end of the year (and) there were no tangible efforts to resume football. So the minister came to us and asked for ideas on how we could implement the resumption of football,” “That is how the mini league and the bubble concept came about. So we consulted and spoke to various stakeholders in football and the idea was that we would cascade it. We start with the main league which is the PSL and see how we can resume PSL in a managed and safe environment. There was no way we could say Zifa everyone can start playing football, so we asked them to work with us in this proposal which they agreed to and were actually going to implement. PSL was very happy, I can tell you that today”

newsday Wednesday, December 9, 2020 8:03:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati told ( about Oliver Mtukudzi ) : “I grew up in an artistic family as both my parents were involved in the arts. My father was a music entrepreneur who helped many young musicians become famous. Oliver Mtukudzi used to say I played my first acoustic guitar at your father’s house,”

thestandard-zw Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : “The biggest challenge in sport is bad governance and one of the biggest tragedies for me is that politicians also want to run sport in this country. I think they need to decide what they want to do because politics and sport are very demanding by themselves,”

thestandard-zw Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Abubakar is still with his club but it is a good club for his development,"

onlinenigeria Thursday, January 31, 2019 10:33:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Abubakar is still with his club but it is a good club for his development,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:31:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : “Abubakar is still with his club but it is a good club for his development,”

herald Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:29:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati told : "I think it's very tragic that our football administrators are failing to appreciate the importance of developing Zimbabwe football because you don't develop players who are 27 or 28; you need to go right down at the bottom up to the Under 23s,"

allafrica Monday, July 25, 2016 12:16:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "If you are depriving them the opportunity of playing in tournaments like the Cosafa Under-17 or the Africa Under-17 championship qualifiers you are denying them an opportunity to get exposure at international level at a crucial stage in their young careers. The end result is you're killing the future of Zimbabwe football. We might say they don't care because we have already qualified for next year's Afcon but what happens after that?"

allafrica Monday, July 25, 2016 12:16:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Cuthbert Dube ) : "We thought the new administration would do things differently after making promises to do better, but they have gone on to do exactly the same if not worse, because at least the Dube leadership tried but the current leadership gave up without even making an effort," "To me, it's more lack of interest than genuine shortage of funds. They should have at least made an effort to fundraise. It exposes a current administration that doesn't care about football"

allafrica Monday, July 25, 2016 12:16:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati told : “I think it’s very tragic that our football administrators are failing to appreciate the importance of developing Zimbabwe football because you don’t develop players who are 27 or 28; you need to go right down at the bottom up to the Under 23s,”

thestandard-zw Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:56:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : “If you are depriving them the opportunity of playing in tournaments like the Cosafa Under-17 or the Africa Under-17 championship qualifiers you are denying them an opportunity to get exposure at international level at a crucial stage in their young careers. The end result is you’re killing the future of Zimbabwe football. We might say they don’t care because we have already qualified for next year’s Afcon but what happens after that?”

thestandard-zw Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:56:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Cuthbert Dube ) : “We thought the new administration would do things differently after making promises to do better, but they have gone on to do exactly the same if not worse, because at least the Dube leadership tried but the current leadership gave up without even making an effort,” “To me, it’s more lack of interest than genuine shortage of funds. They should have at least made an effort to fundraise. It exposes a current administration that doesn’t care about football”

thestandard-zw Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:56:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "We are 15 years old now. When we started, we bought this house and have developed it into what it is today with more rooms for the players,"

allafrica Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:51:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Over 250 kids have come through this academy. Each player spends between four to six years at the academy,"

allafrica Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:51:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "Of the 25 girls called up for the Rio 2016 Olympics, we have five players including Rufaro Machingura, Daisy Kaitano, Majorie Nyaumwe, Sheila Makoto and Eunice Chibanda,"

allafrica Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:51:00 PM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "What also happens is that we always try and send some of our high potential players to Europe so both Knowledge and Khama spent some time there,"

allafrica Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:18:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said ( about Academy ) : "Our Academy costs a quarter of million dollars to run per year to run it and we have got donors in Switzerland and Sweden who fund our activities but that probably accounts for about $180 00 so we still have a deficit of about $70 000 per year," "We need to meet that through our player transfers"

allafrica Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:18:00 AM EAT

Nigel Munyati said : "We have achieved quite incredible success with our players, Knowledge went to Germany, things may not have worked out as he would have wanted but I think because of the discipline that we gave him, what we taught him, the perseverance, he didn't give up and came back to South Africa but his mind was still focused on going back to Europe,"

allafrica Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:18:00 AM EAT