{"id":2004,"date":"2026-04-12T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:43:16","slug":"maboozer-akarongeka-social-league-receives-ball-donation-from-ebi-mutare-driving-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/maboozer-akarongeka-social-league-receives-ball-donation-from-ebi-mutare-driving-school\/","title":{"rendered":"MaBoozer Akarongeka Social League Receives Ball Donation from EBI Mutare Driving School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Fanuel Chinowaita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"534\" data-id=\"2006\" src=\"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eda78a_27d325f0697846b1b9afb27a8856e0c3mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eda78a_27d325f0697846b1b9afb27a8856e0c3mv2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eda78a_27d325f0697846b1b9afb27a8856e0c3mv2-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MUTARE, 12 April 2026<\/strong> \u2013 MaBoozer Akarongeka Social League (MASL), received a boost in equipment following a donation of balls from EBI Mutare Driving School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Bhunu, Chairperson of the league, confirmed the receipt of the equipment while clarifying the league&#8217;s unique operational model, which does not require traditional affiliation fees from its veteran members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We received balls from EBI Mutare Driving School, and we are also engaging other partners,&#8221; Bhunu stated. &#8220;There is no affiliation fee here. These are the fruits of affiliation. The maboozer should not pay affiliation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson Bhunu emphasized that despite the absence of mandatory fees, the league remains committed to providing substantial benefits to its participants, including jerseys, medals, and what he termed &#8220;travelling skapades.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The league, known formally as Maboozer&nbsp; Akarongeka, currently accommodates players aged 35 years and above. However, Bhunu revealed that the age requirement is set to change in the coming season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Maboozer Akarongeka takes players who are 35 years and above. Next year we will strictly take from 40 years and above,&#8221; Bhunu confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts to obtain comment from EBI Mutare Driving School were unsuccessful by the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fanuel Chinowaita MUTARE, 12 April 2026 \u2013 MaBoozer Akarongeka Social League (MASL), received a boost in equipment following a donation of balls from EBI Mutare Driving School. Frank Bhunu, Chairperson of the league, confirmed the receipt of the equipment while clarifying the league&#8217;s unique operational model, which does not require traditional affiliation fees from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}