{"id":2770,"date":"2026-10-27T03:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2026-10-27T03:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:45:46","slug":"mapeza-axed-scotland-fc-make-shock-coaching-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/mapeza-axed-scotland-fc-make-shock-coaching-call\/","title":{"rendered":"MAPEZA AXED! SCOTLAND FC MAKE SHOCK COACHING CALL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Fanuel Chinowaita<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewasupost.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000134465.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norman Mapeze Chippa (Photo by Michael Sheehan\/Gallo Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scotland FC have parted ways with head coach Norman Mapeza with immediate effect, the club announced in a press statement yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club said the decision had been communicated to its stakeholders, supporters and the wider football fraternity, while thanking Mapeza for his service, commitment and contribution during his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c The club thanks Coach Mapeza for his service, commitment and contribution during his tenure and wishes him well in his future endeavours,\u201d Scotland FC said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Ndlovu, who had been serving as the team manager, has been appointed interim head coach as the club begins the process of identifying a substantive successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment is intended to provide continuity as the club seeks to maintain stability and competitiveness for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scotland FC said it remained focused on its season objectives and was committed to preserving unity and a competitive spirit within the squad during the transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club also appealed to its stakeholders and supporters to continue offering their trust and encouragement as it navigates the coaching change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement did not disclose the reasons behind Mapeza\u2019s departure or indicate when a permanent replacement would be appointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fanuel Chinowaita Scotland FC have parted ways with head coach Norman Mapeza with immediate effect, the club announced in a press statement yesterday. The club said the decision had been communicated to its stakeholders, supporters and the wider football fraternity, while thanking Mapeza for his service, commitment and contribution during his tenure. \u201c The&#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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770","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=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}