By McGeorge Mbare
PREMIER Soccer League giants Dynamos FC have accused head coach Genesis Mangombe of match fixing and game manipulation.
In a statement released by the club, Dynamos alleged that Mangombe was no longer committed to his role as coach of the “Glamour Boys” and had been’involved in manipulating the results of several matches.
“Allegations of Match Fixing or Game Manipulation. It is alleged that you, Coach Mangombe, were involved in the manipulation of match results involving Dynamos FC, where the club would either lose games or at least draw to avoid a win.
These are serious allegations that contravene the rules of football,” the statement reads.
The allegations relate to several key fixtures, including the Castle Challenge Cup match between Dynamos FC and Scotland FC played on 1 March 2026, which Dembare lost 5-0.
The club alleges Mangombe used players out of their signed positions without justifiable reasons.
Mangombe is also accused of match fixing in three other games, the Charity Shield clash between Highlanders FC and Dynamos FC, which Dynamos lost 1-0; the league fixture against Hunters that ended 2-2; and the match against CAPS United, where Dembare lost 2-1.
Dynamos FC have not yet indicated what disciplinary action, if any, will be taken against Mangombe. The coach had not publicly responded to the allegations at the time of publication.
Following the allegations, the club relieved Coach Mangombe of his duties. He is no longer permitted to access club facilities.
Mangombe’s 2026 suspension represents the only documented instance of a sitting Dynamos head coach being directly suspended by the club’s own executive committee over explicit domestic match-fixing charges.
Dynamos is Zimbabwe’s most storied club, a symbol of resilience, identity, and national pride. Its current crisis is not merely administrative; it is existential.
If the allegations are true, accountability must be swift, severe, and unflinching. If they are false, then the executive must be held equally accountable, not for poor judgment, but for recklessly endangering the sport’s moral architecture. In either scenario, silence, delay, or internal whitewashing is complicity.
The Integrity of Zimbabwean football is not a negotiable asset. It is the foundation upon which everything else investment, sponsorship, youth development, international standing rests.
Let this moment not be remembered as the day Dynamos fractured, but as the catalyst for Zimbabwe’s football renaissance: one rooted in evidence, ethics, and unwavering institutional courage.
No stone must be left unturned. No voice silenced. No truth deferred. The game and its people deserve nothing less.
Historical, Sunday Chidzambwa was handed a ten-year ban from all football-related activities by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) and FIFA on 20 October 2012.
He is widely considered the most iconic figure in the history of Zimbabwean football. The severe sanction resulted from Chidzambwa’s involvement in the “Asiagate” scandal.
Between 2007 and 2009, during his tenure as manager of the Zimbabwe national team, the Warriors, Chidzambwa was implicated in a systematic match-fixing ring orchestrated by Singaporean betting syndicate leader Wilson Raj Perumal and his local agents.
Luke Masomere was one of the Zimbabwean coaches banned for two years in 2012 for his role in the same scandal.
In May 2022, the Dynamos executive committee, alongside majority shareholder Bernard Marriot-Lusengo, abruptly suspended head coach Tonderai Ndiraya.
The suspension came as a surprise to supporters, as Dynamos were sitting second in the Premier Soccer League at the time.