Mahachi trains with Bosso

Ricky Zililo in BULAWAYO
ZIMBABWE international midfielder Kuda Mahachi started his short adventure with Highlanders yesterday when he trained with Bosso at White City. Mahachi, one of the stars of the Warriors at the 2014 CHAN finals, will be at Highlanders until end of June when the South African transfer window opens on July 1.

He will join Mamelodi Sundowns.
Mahachi, a former Bosso Juniors’ player, was elated with the “dream” move to Highlanders.
“Mamelodi Sundowns have given me the permission to train and play at Highlanders until June. I am looking forward to a wonderful stay at Highlanders,” said Mahachi.

“Remember, I was groomed at Bosso and there is no better way of bidding farewell to Zimbabwean football than playing for my childhood team.”

Highlanders have been busy strengthening their squad and Mahachi becomes the eighth player to join Bosso during this transfer window.
The national team duo of striker Charles Sibanda and defender Felix Chindungwe, as well as Joel Ngodzo, Welcome Ndiweni, Khumbulani Banda, Valentine Ndaba and Njabulo Nyoni have completed moves to Bosso.

Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu is excited with Mahachi’s presence as well as that of his other signings.
“Mahachi trained with us and his commitment level is awesome. It’s great to have a player like him in your squad and we intend to get the best out of him during his stay,” Kaindu said. Highlanders are set to field some of their new players when they take on ambitious Harare City in a Bob@90 Super Cup eliminator tie at Barbourfields on Sunday.

Tournament spokesman, Charles Mabika, said the organisers were hopeful that the new players, likely to be fielded by both Bosso and Harare City, will be a major drawcard for the fans to come to the stadium in their thousands.

“The big match is on on Sunday at Barbourfields and the new-look Highlanders and Harare City teams are likely to generate a lot of interest among the fans,” said Mabika.

“The curtain-raiser will be a match between the Legends, like Douglas “British” Mloyi, Peter “Oxo” Nkomo and Rahman “Rush” Gumbo, to name but just a few, against the Media Select and we want to see if the journalists are as good, with their feet, as they are with their pens and microphones.

“The gate charges are as follows — US$3 for the rest of the ground tickets, US$5 for the western stand and US$10 for the VIP seats.”