NATIONAL Secondary School Heads (Nash) president Johnson Madhuku has landed a top regional post after he was elected the president of the Confederation of School Sports Associations of Southern Africa (Cossasa). SPORTS CORRESPONDENT
Cossasa is a sport association of all primary and secondary schools in the Sadc region which takes care of all the 12 Sadc countries, namely Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania and Mauritius.
Before he was elevated to the latest influential position which came during the Cossasa general assembly meeting in Cape Town, SA, last weekend, Madhuku had previously held the position of vice-president of marketing and publicity in the regional body.
Madhuku, the head of Pamushana High School Masvingo province has already set some of his objectives, and top of the list is to stamp out cheating in schools sport.
He also wants to push for the introduction of sporting disciplines for pupils with disabilities as well as introducing arts and culture segments on the Cossasa curriculum.
“Cheating in schools is a disease which we need to stamp out.
“We have to improve on the general effectiveness of Cossasa and one of the key objectives is to provide an environment that stimulates the development of sport in Sadc member countries through training programmes and competitions,” Madhuku said.
He said he was honoured with the trust and confidence bestowed not only on him, but on the whole of Zimbabwe.
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“I’m calling for support from all colleagues and stakeholders so that we impress as a nation in this new responsibility.
“The government should come in and support us especially to do with funding of schools sports.
“Other countries in the region are getting funding from their government and its a very different story with us,” Madhuku added.
Zimbabwe recently participated at the Cossasa games in Namibia and was the only team with no government support.
