Nkosilathi Sibanda
NGOMVULO emadabukakusa iqembu leHighlanders lazise ukuthi seliqhatshe umqeqetshi omutsha, uThabo Senong oweSouth Africa, njalo uzancediswa nguMkhokheli Dube.
USenong ungomunye obalelwa kubaqeqetshi abahlonitshwayo ngokuba zingcitshi zomdlalo kuzwekazi le-Africa nanko usethole impumelelo ekhuza iqembu leBafana Bafana, elabadlali abaleminyaka yokuzalwa engaphansi kweminyaka engu-20, kunye leqembu lelizwe leLesotho.
Waphumelela kakhulu ngesikhathi eqondisa iSouth Africa ithatha iCOSAFA Under-20 Cup ngo-2013.
IHighlanders ithe ukuqhatshwa kukaSenong kuhambisana lesinqumo seqembu sokwakha ithimu eqinileyo, eliqeqetshwa kuhle, njalo ephakamisa intuthuko yabadlali abatsha.
“USenong ulempande eqinileyo ekuqeqetsheni abatsha, ekuhleleni ithimu, lokwakha ukubambana, okumenza abe yinzuzo enkulu eqenjini lethu,” kutsho umbiko weqembu.
Ngakwelinye icele, uMkhokheli Dube, owake wadlalela iBosso, usebuyela ekhaya ephethe ulwazi olukhulu lwemidlalo yasekhaya laphetsheya.
Ukubuyela kwakhe kubonwa njengenyathelo elitsha enkundleni ngenxa yothando lwakhe, ukuzimisela kanye lokwazi kwakhe amasiko lemikhuba yeHighlanders.
“UMkhokheli wazi kahle isiko leBosso lemikhuba yalo, lokuthi iqembu lethu limeleni. Lolu ulwazi lokwenelisa kwakhe ukukhuthaza abadlali, kuzasiza kakhulu eqenjini lethu,” kutsho iHighlanders.
Iqembu litshengise ukuthaba okukhulu ngokwamukela laba abaqeqetshi ababili, libika ukuba lithembe ukuthi bazaletha impumelelo ukulisizini.
Umbiko mayelana ngokwengezwa kwabanye abaqeqetshi labadlali uzakhitshwa ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.




