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Bosso's SA tour uncertain
17 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | Views
ONLY nine people have paid for the planned Highlanders' cultural tour to Grahamstown, South Africa to visit the grave of one of the club's founders Prince Rhodes Njube Khumalo as part of the club's 90th anniversary celebrations.
The touring party is scheduled to leave for South Africa tomorrow and it remains unclear whether the tour will proceed with such a poor response.
Highlanders' board member, Luke Mnkandla, who is in charge of organising the trip, said they were still expecting about 30 people to confirm and pay the $440 required for the five-day journey by the end of today.
"At this point, only nine people have paid, but we are still waiting for 30 others that have shown an interest to pay. They are running out of time because today is the deadline," said Mnkandla.
The touring party is set to depart Bulawayo for Johannesburg by road and then fly to Port Elizabeth before driving to Grahamstown.
Mnkandla said festivities in Grahamstown will now be hosted by the town's mayor and will be held at the Town Hall instead of the Community Hall as initially announced.
"We are now going to be hosted by the Grahamstown mayor," said Mnkandla.
The tour targeted present and former players, club officials, leaders and representatives of invited organisations, media houses and club supporters.
Highlanders are also working on roping in the South Africa Football Association (Safa) to magnify the event and will also explore the possibility of engaging surviving members of Prince Njube's family to visit Bulawayo.
Highlanders is the oldest football club in Zimbabwe and was formed in 1926 by brothers Albert and Rhodes Njube Khumalo. They were initially called Lions Football Club until 1936 when they were renamed Matabeleland Highlanders Football Club. The name Matabeleland was dropped in 1975.
The touring party is scheduled to leave for South Africa tomorrow and it remains unclear whether the tour will proceed with such a poor response.
Highlanders' board member, Luke Mnkandla, who is in charge of organising the trip, said they were still expecting about 30 people to confirm and pay the $440 required for the five-day journey by the end of today.
"At this point, only nine people have paid, but we are still waiting for 30 others that have shown an interest to pay. They are running out of time because today is the deadline," said Mnkandla.
The touring party is set to depart Bulawayo for Johannesburg by road and then fly to Port Elizabeth before driving to Grahamstown.
"We are now going to be hosted by the Grahamstown mayor," said Mnkandla.
The tour targeted present and former players, club officials, leaders and representatives of invited organisations, media houses and club supporters.
Highlanders are also working on roping in the South Africa Football Association (Safa) to magnify the event and will also explore the possibility of engaging surviving members of Prince Njube's family to visit Bulawayo.
Highlanders is the oldest football club in Zimbabwe and was formed in 1926 by brothers Albert and Rhodes Njube Khumalo. They were initially called Lions Football Club until 1936 when they were renamed Matabeleland Highlanders Football Club. The name Matabeleland was dropped in 1975.
Source - chronicle
