{"id":5986,"date":"2024-11-20T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:51:11","slug":"zim-santa-clause-delivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5986","title":{"rendered":"Zim Santa Clause Delivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scottland FC&#8217;s promotion to the Zimbabwe Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) has been rewarded with a generous donation from Wicknell Chivayo, a controversial businessman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chivayo fulfilled his pledge, gifting the team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20 Toyota Aqua vehicles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US$1.6 million (including an additional US$600,000)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows Scottland FC&#8217;s decisive 3-0 victory against Black Mambas, securing their PSL spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chivayo&#8217;s Congratulations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I congratulate the team and Hon. Scott Sakupwanya on their incredible win\u2026 True to my word, I have delivered 20 Toyota Aquas to boost morale and reward their pursuit of excellence.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chivayo&#8217;s Pledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I will honour the US$1 million pledge\u2026 and commit an additional US$600,000 to assist their PSL journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chivayo&#8217;s Vision<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I believe that with the right resources and motivation, Scottland FC is set to make history as the first PSL champions in their debut season\u2026 WATCH THE SPACE!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scottland FC&#8217;s Journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team&#8217;s promotion was sealed after a dramatic match against Karoi FC, which was abandoned due to fan violence. The Northern Region Soccer League awarded Scottland FC a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owner&#8217;s Reaction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Sakupwanya, ZANU-PF legislator and club owner, expressed gratitude to Chivayo for his support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This significant investment is expected to enhance Scottland FC&#8217;s competitiveness in the PSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the promotion is still to be confirmed as Karoi FC have appealed the decision to award Scottland FC the match that was abandoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC Sports News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter Scottland FC&#8217;s promotion to the Zimbabwe Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) has been rewarded with a generous donation from Wicknell Chivayo, a controversial businessman. Chivayo fulfilled his&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5988,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986\/revisions\/5988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}