Zambian football administrator Dr. Brenda Kunda has retained her position on the COSAFA Executive Committee after the Elective General Assembly (EGA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sunday, 17 May.
According to COSAFA Media, Dr Kunda secured the Executive Committee reserved women’s seat.
Dr. Kunda was first elected to the COSAFA Executive Committee in 2022.
She served in the FAZ committee from 2016 to 2021 as women’s football coordinator.
Meanwhile, Tariq Babitseng was elected unopposed as COSAFA President, alongside a new Executive Committee to drive football development in the coming years.
Babitseng assumes leadership of the regional football body from outgoing President Said Ali Said Athouman following the EGA.
“This is the COSAFA that is going to stand united in everything we will be doing,” President Babitseng said.
“I would like to thank all the Presidents for having the confidence in me to lead the biggest Zonal Union in Africa.I am deeply humbled and grateful for the trust that has been placed in me. This is not a victory for one person or one nation. It is a victory for unity in Southern Africa,” he said.
Madagascar’s Alfred Randriamananampisoa was elected COSAFA Vice-President.
COSAFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2026-2029
President: Tariq Babitseng (Botswana)
Vice-President: Alfred Randriamanampisoa (Madagascar)
Ordinary Member
Ms. Brenda Kunda (Zambia)
Lijane Nthunya (Lesotho)
Nqobile Magwizi (Zimbabwe)
Robert Shimooshili (Namibia)
Peter Simelane (Eswatini)
Co-Opted Members
Linda Zwane (South Africa)
Ms. Irene Gonçalves (Angola)
The standards of football in cosafa are going down and down, how many countries in Cosafa are going to the world cup? How many have lifted the Africa Cup? Cosafa, just like zambian football is a sorry sight.
Let’s see the plans now to save the dying football in cosafa