By Cephas Shava
Mwenezi East’s ward 18 Councillor Tawanda Muza whose ward houses the district’s populous Rutenga Growth Point has introduced a community soccer league named after him called Muza Community League which has 14 soccer teams playing every weekend, with finals expected in August.
The league, which is solely sponsored by Muza himself has seven teams from the host ward 18 while the other seven are from the nearby ward 14.
Speaking to TellZim News, Muza who envisioned making the league much bigger and better said he came up with the idea after realizing that there was a lot of idle talent whose exposure needed collective efforts.
He added that by introducing sporting activities of such caliber, his hope was to contribute towards keeping youths away from notorious societal ills like drug abuse and other crimes.
“The Muza Community League is going to be an annual event and we are working on modalities to make this league go beyond ward level.
“We have a lot of local talented soccer players who lack exposure and we hope that as the teams play during the course of this league, we are going to invite various sports personnel who matter most and can help us in uplifting our talented youths,” said Muza.
Currently at the apex of the Muza Community League table is Rutenga Academy Stars with a total of 24 points trailed by First Touch which has 22 points.
In third place is Mahwindi with 18 points followed by Dragon Bulls in fourth position while Kangaroo is in fifth position.
Other teams that form part of the league includes Hot Chillies, Red Lion, Mangondi Eagles, Chinyu, Chariot Fire, Chiedza, and Tototo.
