{"id":50861,"date":"2026-02-25T21:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50861"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:22:33","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignformer-footballers-abbas-amidu-and-reuben-kudzai-mhlanga-sentenced-to-twelve-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignformer-footballers-abbas-amidu-and-reuben-kudzai-mhlanga-sentenced-to-twelve-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Former footballers Abbas Amidu and Reuben Kudzai Mhlanga sentenced to twelve years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-140045\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"352\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Former-footballers-Abbas-Amidu-and-Reuben-Kudzai-Mhlanga-sentenced-to.jpeg?resize=352%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/G2laT46W8AAZlZ7.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/G2laT46W8AAZlZ7.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/G2laT46W8AAZlZ7.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/G2laT46W8AAZlZ7.jpeg?resize=352%2C264&amp;ssl=1 352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Former football players Abbas Amidu and Reuben Kudzai Mhlanga have each been sentenced to 12 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The pair was arrested in June last year for drug possession after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) impounded their vehicle, which was reportedly carrying 750 kilogrammes of dagga.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the ZRP confirmed the sentencing of the two former players, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwe Republic Police reiterates that crime does not pay. This follows the arrest, conviction and sentencing of two former soccer players, Tumai Matsika (Abbas Amidu) and Kudzai (Reuben) Mhlanga for dealing in dangerous drugs (dagga).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two appeared in court on 24th February 2026 for sentencing and were each sentenced to 12 years\u2019 imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amidu, a former CAPS United forward, was part of the squad that won the 2016 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title and competed in the CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Mhlanga, meanwhile, played for Dynamos and featured in the team that reached the semi-finals of the 2008 CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Abbas Amidu, Reuben Mhlanga<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#footballers #Abbas #Amidu #Reuben #Kudzai #Mhlanga #sentenced #twelve #years #prison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Former football players Abbas Amidu and Reuben Kudzai Mhlanga have each been sentenced to 12 years&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9730,9731,7641,9732,8553,496,6267,495,2610,81],"class_list":["post-50861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-abbas","tag-amidu","tag-footballers","tag-kudzai","tag-mhlanga","tag-prison","tag-reuben","tag-sentenced","tag-twelve","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50863,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50861\/revisions\/50863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}