Pasuwa is a clown – Mubaiwa

By Godknows Matarutse

HARARE – Dynamos chairman Kenny Mubaiwa has branded Callisto Pasuwa a ‘clown’ after the coach dragged his former employers to the Labour Court.

Pasuwa is demanding that the Glamour Boy pay him an outstanding amount of $26 000 in unpaid signing-on fees and bonuses.

Mubaiwa and Pasuwa enjoyed a love-hate relationship during the coach’s four-year stay at the Glamour Boys.

Even though Pasuwa led the Harare giants to a record four straight Castle Premiership title, he has never been greatly appreciated by the club bosses.

The disdain reached fever level when Pasuwa announced he was not renewing his contract with the Glamour Boys on the last day of the 2014 season.

Pasuwa cited the Mubaiwa-led executive inertia in negotiating a new contract as a reason for stepping away from the record Zimbabwe champions.

His latest move seems to have further infuriated the DeMbare bosses.

“It seems Pasuwa is lost now; he seems to be misguided. Why is he acting like a clown?,” the DeMbare chairman told the Daily News.

“We called him some time ago to come and surrender the club’s stuff he has been using but he went into hiding.

“I am surprised that he wants to sue us over a debt which I don’t even know where it is coming from. In as far as I know Pasuwa was getting his salaries and other allowances. If there is anything that we owe him then it has to be a small amount.”

The Harare businessman said that Pasuwa must return the club’s property he was using since he was no longer employed by the Glamour Boys.

“He is still with the team’s car (Honda CRV), television set, soccer balls, cons, uniforms among other things. We told him to come at the same time settle his debt but he is nowhere to be found,” he said.

“We are not moved because he never came to us and sit down. In fact we are actually prepared for anything because we never refused to pay him his dues.”

Efforts to get a comment from Pasuwa proved futile as his mobile phone was ringing with no answer.

After Pasuwa quit the Glamour Boys, the club appointed David Mandigora at the start of the this year to return for a second stint.

During his first stint, Mandigora ended DeMbare’s 10-year wait for the championship when he led the club to win the 2007 Premiership.

The following year, the former DeMbare defender also led the club to the semi-final of the African Champions League before losing to Coton Sport de Garoua of Cameroon. Daily News