{"id":57714,"date":"2026-04-30T21:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57714"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:21:23","slug":"zim-football-legend-evans-gwekwerere-sends-stern-warning-to-psl-players-says-money-is-not-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/zim-football-legend-evans-gwekwerere-sends-stern-warning-to-psl-players-says-money-is-not-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Zim football legend Evans Gwekwerere sends stern warning to PSL players, says \u201cmoney is not everything\u201d"},"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<p>Zimbabwean football legend and former striker Evans Gwekwerere has sent a stern warning to local players, urging them to prioritise discipline over financial gain and avoid substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Gwekwerere said the growing obsession with money among players is contributing to the rise in drug abuse, which he believes is destroying careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this age, people think money is everything,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they don&#8217;t have it, they start doing drugs, which is not good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the players are killing their careers because of that abuse. I am advising the players in the PSL not to touch those substances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shorten your career and even your life span.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Dynamos and CAPS United forward, who also played in South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique, is now actively involved in community work.<\/p>\n<p>He is part of Norton Boys, a club he founded as part of efforts to campaign against drug abuse and guide young players towards making better life choices.<\/p>\n<p>The post Zim football legend Evans Gwekwerere sends stern warning to PSL players, says &#8220;money is not everything&#8221; appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\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#Zim #football #legend #Evans #Gwekwerere #sends #stern #warning #PSL #players #money<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwean football legend and former striker Evans Gwekwerere has sent a stern warning to local players, urging them to prioritise&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3040,933,7957,4852,379,233,833,3462,3794,2969,691],"class_list":["post-57714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-evans","tag-football","tag-gwekwerere","tag-legend","tag-money","tag-players","tag-psl","tag-sends","tag-stern","tag-warning","tag-zim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57714","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=57714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57715,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57714\/revisions\/57715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}