{"id":70771,"date":"2018-10-25T03:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=70771"},"modified":"2018-10-25T03:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:56:40","slug":"peter-banda-at-bidvest-wits-for-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/peter-banda-at-bidvest-wits-for-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Banda at Bidvest Wits for trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57512\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/griffin-saenda-jnr-and-player.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57512 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/griffin-saenda-jnr-and-player-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/griffin-saenda-jnr-and-player-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/griffin-saenda-jnr-and-player-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/griffin-saenda-jnr-and-player-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/griffin-saenda-jnr-and-player.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griffin Saenda Jr (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malawi under-20 national football team star, Peter Banda, is undergoing trials at top South African side, Bidvest Wits, where he is expected to link up with compatriots Gabadinho Mhango and Gerald Phiri Junior.<\/p>\n<p>Banda, alongside his manager and uncle Griffin Saenda Junior, flew to South Africa on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe trials are expected to run from today [Tuesday) to Sunday. He will also train with the main team and there are indications that he might play in a match whose details I haven\u2019t yet been furnished with,\u201d<\/em> said Saenda in a WhatsApp message on Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Banda, who plays for Griffin Young Stars in the FMB Under-20 National League, had unsuccessful trials with Orlando Pirates Reserve recently.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Banda, alongside Be Forward Wanderers wing-back Precious Sambani, also underwent trials at Belgian side Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>Banda, son to Nyasa Big Bullets former star Chikondi Banda (deceased), clinched the 2016 Under-17 Cosafa Championship Golden Boot award with five goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi: Malawi under-20 national football team star, Peter Banda, is undergoing trials at top South African side, Bidvest Wits, where he is expected to link up with compatriots Gabadinho Mhango and Gerald Phiri Junior. Banda, alongside his manager and uncle Griffin Saenda Junior, flew to South Africa on Monday. \u201cThe trials are expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70774,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70771\/revisions\/70774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}