Simply days after committing $2.5 million (two million 5 hundred thousand {dollars}) to Dynamos Soccer Membership, Zimbabwe’s most adorned soccer aspect, businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei has made a further $100,000 (100 thousand {dollars}) contribution geared toward supporting former footballers and coaches.
The donation was disclosed by ZANU-PF Youth League Deputy Political Commissar Taurai Kandishaya, who stated Tagwirei supplied the funds to a newly fashioned party-linked group often known as Former Footballers and Coaches for Financial Growth. Kandishaya introduced the contribution whereas internet hosting members of the group at his farm in Murehwa, Mashonaland East, the place he stated the cash would assist cowl fundamental welfare wants, together with healthcare.
Tagwirei funds reduction for retired athletes
In a Facebook post, Kandishaya stated the gathering was held in step with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s growth agenda, including that Tagwirei had stepped in to help former sports activities professionals who had fallen on onerous instances after leaving the sport. He stated the funding was meant to offer speedy reduction whereas serving to members set up themselves economically.
A number of former gamers and coaches used the assembly to publicly pledge assist for Mnangagwa, Kandishaya stated. Among the many senior figures related to the group is Sunday Chidzambwa, the previous Dynamos coach who additionally led Zimbabwe’s nationwide crew, the Warriors, to their first Africa Cup of Nations look in 2004.
Tagwirei backs Dynamos with capital
The donation follows Tagwirei’s high-profile sponsorship of Dynamos via Sakunda Holdings, his privately owned firm. The $2.5 million injection comes forward of the 2026 Citadel Lager Premier Soccer League season and is predicted to stabilize the membership’s funds.
The funding is ready to cowl participant sign-on charges, salaries, day by day operations and Dynamos’ participation within the CAF Confederation Cup later this 12 months. Sakunda Holdings additionally bought a 2025 Toyota Fortuner for Dynamos board chairperson and majority shareholder Bernard Lusengo, a transfer extensively seen as reinforcing Tagwirei’s affect throughout the membership’s management.
Affect, wealth and public questions
Past soccer, Tagwirei is certainly one of Zimbabwe’s most influential commodities merchants. Sakunda Holdings operates throughout gasoline imports, mining, logistics and buying and selling, supplying diesel, petrol, biofuels and kerosene to Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. His enterprise success has been carefully intertwined with political energy, thus drawing scrutiny at residence and overseas.
Tagwirei stays below worldwide sanctions linked to his political connections. In September 2025, sources estimated he contributed at least $2 million towards President Mnangagwa’s 83rd birthday and Munhumutapa Day celebrations in Zvishavane, together with greater than $240,000 spent on catering alone.
A month later, a leaked file accused Tagwirei and different politically linked businessmen of involvement within the alleged mismanagement of $3.2 billion in state contracts. The report claimed the diversion of public funds left hospitals under-resourced and main infrastructure initiatives unfinished, allegations that proceed to shadow his increasing public profile.
