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Bosso fans snub club SA tour
17 Feb 2016 at 09:42hrs | Views
Highlanders FC supporters has snubbed the teams planned South Africa tour as only nine people have paid.
About 30 supporters where targeted with each paying $440.
The tour targeted present and former players, club officials, leaders and representatives of invited organisations, media houses and club supporters.
The club is planning a five day cultural tour to Grahamstown 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 "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.
The touring party is set to depart Bulawayo for Johannesburg by road and then fly to Port Elizabeth before driving to Grahamstown.
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.
About 30 supporters where targeted with each paying $440.
The tour targeted present and former players, club officials, leaders and representatives of invited organisations, media houses and club supporters.
The club is planning a five day cultural tour to Grahamstown 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 "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.
The touring party is set to depart Bulawayo for Johannesburg by road and then fly to Port Elizabeth before driving to Grahamstown.
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
