{"id":27024,"date":"2020-08-29T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T14:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=27024"},"modified":"2020-08-29T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T14:30:12","slug":"khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa","title":{"rendered":"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging one though he is willing to embark on it.<\/p>\n<p>Billiat part ways with former agent Mike Ngobeni and it was revealed last week that Bakasa, an event planner and artist manager who has previously worked with dancehall chanter Seh Calaz and rapper Stunner, is now overseeing the career of the Kaizer Chiefs man.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment came as a big surprise to many, considering that Bakasa has not previously managed any football player but he insists he can make the Khama Billiat brand better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Billiat) needed some new blood and an innovative mind and I know I\u2019m more related to music but then I have managed brands that are big; from managing upcoming artists to top artists,\u201d Bakasa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really a challenge but I will take it to manage a brand like Khama Billiat and also to push and try to engage more locally with the cooperate world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging one though he is willing to embark on it. Billiat part ways with former agent Mike Ngobeni and it was revealed last week that Bakasa, an event planner and artist manager who has previously worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[521,810],"class_list":["post-27024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-billiat","tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Khama needed new blood: Bakasa - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-29T14:30:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"584\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"363\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-29T14:30:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Billiat\",\"sports in Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\",\"name\":\"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-29T14:30:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg\",\"width\":584,\"height\":363},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa - zimbabwe","description":"Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa","og_description":"Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2020-08-29T14:30:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":584,"height":363,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa","datePublished":"2020-08-29T14:30:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa"},"wordCount":180,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg","keywords":["Billiat","sports in Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa","name":"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-29T14:30:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Khama Billiat\u2019s new agent Godfrey \u201cVokal\u201d Bakasa has admitted that the task of managing the Warriors star is a challenging","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/vokal.jpg","width":584,"height":363},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khama-needed-new-blood-bakasa#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Khama needed new blood: Bakasa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}