Shirikisho la Mpira wa Kikapu Zanzibar
Officials

Referee academy

The league is only as honest as the person with the whistle, and that person should be paid on time, assessed in public, and protected from the crowd.

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The school

New officials do 20 hours: FIBA signals, travelling, block/charge in plain language, the scoresheet, and what to do when a coach swears. They then referee youth and 3×3 before they are offered ZNBL.

Assessors file a half-page after each Division 1 game. The official receives it within a week. Promotion is from those notes, not from who the official knows.

  • Target: 30 new officials by 2028, at least 40% women
  • A woman official is appointed to men’s games. Competence is the criterion.
  • Draft match fee, Division 1: set a real number and publish it. This draft refuses to invent a fake shilling amount.
  • Fees are paid within 14 days. A late fee is a Federation failure, written in the treasurer’s quarterly note.
  • Abuse of an official is a competition offence. The club, not the crowd, is fined or docked.
  • Officials do not coach a team in the same division they referee.