Bosso head coach faces deportation

Highlanders' new head coach Kelvin Kaindu is facing imminent deportation to his native Zambia as he has no working permit in Zimbabwe.

Kaindu, a former Highlanders player during the 1997 and 1998 seasons was appointed head coach in January before the clubs elections.

In the two friendly matches that Highlanders has played so far and lost, the Zambian gaffer has been watching the games from the terraces and issue that raised eyebrows on Sunday against Qualaton. But in training he would be in charge of the team assisted by Bekithenmba Ndlovu

New Club chairman Peters Dube said Kaindu has no work permit.

"He has not secured proper documents and we are working on that. We are confident he will get the work permit soon" said Dube.

Kaindu was handed a two year performance based contract by former chairman Themba Ndlela and his future was speculated on after Ndlela lost to Dube.

But Dube was quick to assure club members that the technical team is safe amid rumours that he had offered Willard Khumalo the head coach post.

However, Kaindu's appointment has always been questioned by club members saying it would be costly for the club to pay a foreign coach and should the executive decide to withdraw their contracts, Highlanders will have to fork a lot in litigation expenses.

 Bosso, the country's second biggest football club, last won the league championship in 2006 under the guidance of former player, Methembe Ndlovu.

Highlanders have endured a lean spell since then, without a league title in the past half-a-dozen years, although they remain the country's most successful football club, on the domestic scene, since the turn of the millennium.

Bosso have won three league titles since 2000, the most by any football club in the country, with their main rivals, Dynamos and CAPS United, winning two league championships each.

In an era where the minnows have roared, Amazulu, Monomotapa, Gunners and Motor Action have all taken turns to win the league championship.

Highlanders' poor run has seen a significant fall in the number of fans who come to watch their home games and Barbourfields, once a fortress for Bosso, has turned into a theatre where visiting teams fulfil their dreams.

Some of the Bosso fans turned against their leadership last season as they demanded a better show from their team and demonstrations became a common feature at Barbourfields during the second half of the season.

Although Highlanders are backed by BancABC, the Bulawayo giants have failed to compete against FC Platinum, in terms of incentives offered to players, and have already wooed the Ngodzo brothers - Joel and Zephaniah - and former skipper Gilbert Banda.

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