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HIGHLANDERS on Saturday morning honoured one of its founding players Prince Albert Khumalo at Gwatemba in Insiza.
The club bought a tombstone which was erected during the week but was unveiled on Saturday morning.
Albert alongside his brother Rhodes who is buried in Port Elizabeth in South Africa, left Lonely Mine in 1926 to start a project with the Ngcebetsha and Hlabangana brothers which is celebrating 100 Years of existence this year.
Bosso patron, Dumisani Sandi and board chairman Luke Mnkandla led the Highlanders contingent at the event.
Prince Peter Zwide kaLanga Khumalo was among the key Khumalos in attendance.
Highlanders has grown to being just a football club.
It is among the most successful in the country, ranked second to Dynamos and continues to enjoy capacity crowds around the country.
On Friday Mnkandla had confirmed the Gwatemba event.
“Yes as a club we have seen in the midst of the celebrations the need to honour one of our founding members and family. We are aware of the break for our first team so we thought we could take some players along,” Mnkandla had said.
A decade ago Highlanders visited Port Elizabeth as they sought to dig into the club’s history.
