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Nkosilathi Sibanda loFungai Muderere
KULEZIKHATHI ebholeni lapho impembe yokucina etsho okunengi ukwedlula ukuphela komdlalo.
Lokhu kubonakele kumalanga asanda kwedlula ngokwehla kweyezi elimnyama kuqembu leHighlanders ngokwedlula emhlabeni kwenkokheli zalo ezintathu uKenneth Mhlophe, Fiso Siziba loNkani Khoza.
Ukufa kwabo kuze ngesikhathi iqembu linanza iminyaka elikhulu lokhe lasungulwa.
Umnyaka ka-2026 bekumele ube ngowokuhlabelela, owokuthokoza lowokukhumbula imbali enhle yeqembu.
Ukufinyelela iminyaka engu-100 bekumele kugujwe ngendlela enkulu. Kusukela emabaleni othuli lapho iqembu elaqalisa khona ngo-1926 kuze kube senkundleni ezigcwala phamu abalandeli ilizwe lonke, iBosso ibihlele ukugubha ikhulu leminyaka lokuqina, ukuzigqaja lobudlelwano lozulu.
Kodwa, akuzange kubenjalo. Konke obekuhleliwe kuguquke ngokufa kwalezi inkokheli.
Ukutshona kabuhlungu kukamgcinisihlalo uRetired Colonel Kenneth Mhlophe, uMsekeli wakhe uSifiso Siziba kanye lomgcinisikhwama uNkani Khoza engozini yemota kutshiye isilonda esikhulu esinzima lokusichaza ngamazwi.
Iqembu kalilahlekelwanga ngabaphathi kuphela.
Lilahlekelwe ngamadoda amathathu akhetha ukuzinikela ekusebenzeleni iqembu.
Kubhola kulezinsuku, amehlo amanengi agxila kubadlali abahlohlayo, abaqeqetshi abanqoba izindebe kanye labalandeli abagcwalisa izinkundla. Kodwa impumelelo yanoma yiliphi iqembu yakhiwa ngabantu abangabonakali kakhulu, abadela isikhathi semuli zabo, imisebenzi yabo kanye lemali yabo ngenxa yokuthanda uphawu lweqembu.
UMhlophe, uSiziba loKhoza babengabanye balabo.
Bamukela umsebenzi wokukhokhela iHighlanders ngesikhathi iqembu libhekane lenhlupho ezinengi. Umsebenzi wabo wawungekho lula. Bathwala okulindelwe ngabalandeli abanengi njengesisindo sejezi elimnyama lelimhlophe, kodwa bakwamukela lokho ngokuzimisela langokuthobeka.
Bahamba amakhilomitha amanengi, baya emihlanganweni engapheliyo, benza izinqumo ezinzima njalo bathwala amathemba ezinkulungwane zabalandeli beBosso. Kabakwenzelanga ukunconywa.
Bakwenza ngoba babekholwa ukuthi iHighlanders ifanele ukusetshenzelwa.
Ukuthi impilo yabo iphele besemsebenzini weqembu kwenza ubuhlungu bube bukhulu kakhulu.
Isikhathi okwenzakale ngaso siyadabukisa kakhulu.
Ukugubha iminyaka engu-100 bekumele kukhunjulwe ngobuhle. Esikhundleni salokho, abalandeli bebemi bethule zwi, izinyembezi zisehla.
Mhlawumbe lokhu kusikhumbuza lokho iHighlanders ebilokhu ikumele. IBosso kayisilo qembu lebhola kuphela.
Ngumdeni.
Yikho-ke induduzo ifike ivela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi eZimbabwe. Ubutha bamaqembu bunyamalele. Abalandeli beChicken Inn, Bulawayo Chiefs, Dynamos, CAPS United, Scottland FC, FC Platinum kanye leHardrock bakhale ndawonye labalandeli beHighlanders.
Amaqembu amanengi elizweni lonke ehlisele phansi amafulegi awo ngenhlonipho. Abaphathi bebhola, abadlali bakudala kanye labathandi bomdlalo bakhulume ngelizwi linye.
Usizi luhlanganise lapho ukuncintisana obekuke kwahlukanisa khona.
Lokho kubambana ndawonye yikho okungaba yisikhumbuzo esikhulu kakhulu kula amadoda amathathu.
Lanxa lolu sizi seluphumile emaphephandabeni, umkhondo wabo uzahlala useHighlanders. Wonke umdlali omncane ozaphuma kuqembu, wonke umlandeli ozahlabelela ethi “Bosso ayihlehli,” kanye lawo wonke umntwana ozaphupha egqoka umbala omnyama lomhlophe, uzabe ezuzakala emsebenzini owakhiwa ngabakhokheli abazinikelayo.
Nxa iHighlanders ingena ekhulwini layo lesibili leminyaka, amabizo athi Kenneth Mhlophe, Sifiso Siziba loNkani Khoza azahlala ebhalwe embalini yeqembu kuze kube nini lanini.
Hatshi ngoba baphakamisa indebe.
Hatshi ngoba bathela amabhola emambuleni.
Kodwa ngoba basabela ubizo lokusebenzela iBosso.
