Provinces Backtrack on No-Confidence Vote

The Independent reports that three of Zimbabwe's provincial boards - Manicaland, Masvingo and Midlands - have taken steps to distance themselves from last week's no-confidence vote agains the board of Zimbabwe Cricket, claiming their representatives at the meeting had acted outside their authority. Interestingly, an anonymous source speaking for the board chairman who had attended the meeting denied that a vote of no-confidence had been taken:

However, a spokesman for the chairmen who preferred anonymity said they had not yet passed a vote of no confidence in Chingoka's leadership, but were still compiling a comprehensive petition with their grievances and "the way forward".

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