Online Reporter
HIGHLANDERS deserve credit for finally listening to their coach. By securing the performance analyst and regularising the striker Benjani Mwaruwari has consistently asked for, Bosso have at last shown alignment between the technical bench and the boardroom. It is a long overdue move, but a welcome one. Modern football gives no space for half measures, and by backing Benjani’s professional demands, the club has taken a meaningful step towards restoring seriousness, structure and credibility to its football operations.
This decision matters beyond matchday results. It signals an understanding that ambition must be matched with resources, and that a coach cannot be expected to compete while operating below the standards of the modern game. Benjani has been clear about what he needs, and Highlanders have responded. That clarity and responsiveness should now become the norm, not the exception.
However, this moment of progress comes at a delicate time. The cloud hanging over the suspension of the club’s chief executive officer Denzil Mnkandla is a reminder that instability off the pitch remains a real threat. Highlanders cannot afford internal turbulence, whispered power struggles or administrative chaos — not now, and certainly not on the cusp of their 100-year celebrations. A centenary should be about unity, heritage and purpose, not confusion and factional skirmishes.
Bosso’s leadership must understand the gravity of this moment. The club is bigger than individual ambitions, egos or personal alliances. Factions — whether real or perceived — have historically cost Highlanders dearly, and they must be confronted head on. Unity is not optional; it is essential. The board, management and technical team must speak with one voice and move with a shared vision focused solely on running Highlanders professionally.
Equally important is guarding against outside interference. Highlanders have long attracted unsolicited “helpers” — individuals who believe proximity to the club grants them authority, influence or entitlement. That culture must end. Those who genuinely want to help Bosso develop must do so transparently and ethically, or subject themselves to the democratic process when the time comes. Influence should never be exercised from the shadows. If one believes they can lead or improve Highlanders, the door is clear: stand for office, make your case to the members and earn the mandate.
Professional football demands professional governance. Decision making must be driven by structure, policy and accountability, not noise, nostalgia or external pressure. The danger is not loud opposition, but quiet manipulation — and Highlanders cannot permit either.
As the club approaches its centenary, this is a defining period. The right footballing decisions are beginning to be made. The challenge now is to ensure that administrative discipline, unity of purpose and institutional maturity match what is happening on the pitch. If Bosso can keep its house in order, resist distractions and commit to professionalism, the 100 year milestone can be a launchpad, not a stumbling block.
Comments like these won’t help Highlanders either. Speaking in parables and casting aspersions and innuendos is no different from performing subterranean manoeuvres to undermine the team. Let us be honest here, Benjani is now eating the fruits of unethical manipulation of Highlanders Football Club in which he was a willing participant. It is not a secret that he was a beneficiary of other people’s unfair treatment. Money and name dropping played very big parts in his appointment as Highlanders FC coach. Some of the honest people did not approve of how he ended up in that position. Why are we not being honest here? Where has Benjani coached and proved himself? How does someone who hasn’t coached even a school team end up head coach of a club as big as Highlanders? Who is being fooled here?