Former Highlanders striker Thamsanqa Vundla, who was part of the four time championship winning team from 1999 to 2002, believes the country’s oldest football club needs fresh ideas to bring back glory days.
Bosso are languishing close to the relegation zone with 33 points and six matches remaining.
Vundla opined that the club will survive the chop, but was quick to point out that they will struggle in the topflight until they fix their internal issues.
“They will survive, but I have noted that what has to be fixed are internal issues before even getting to the technical team,” Vundla told Southern Eye Sport on the sidelines of a Southern Region Soccer League match between Zebra Revolution and Megawatt at White City Stadium BArena.
“Our board and the executive, that’s where we need to start fixing our problems.
“I think the current crop at the club has saved their time and there is a need for new ideas from the new generation. “It will be easier for ideas to be passed on to the technical team and players if everyone has the same mindset.
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” Bosso takes on Scottland in the Chibuku Super Cup quarter finals on Sunday at Barbourfields Stadium before hosting bogey side ZPC Kariba at the end of the month at the same venue.
The club has changed three coaches in the 2025 season, having started with Kelvin Kaindu who was sacked and replaced by his then assistant Try Ncube on an interim basis.
Ncube won only one match in eight, prompting the club to engage Dutch coach Peter De Jongh.
With the club staring at an embarrassment of being relegated a year before celebrating the monumental 100 years of existence, pressure is mounting on the Highlanders leadership to salvage the situation.
The former Fatima High School student said the club needs to involve former players, who know the club culture if they entertain any hopes of turning around the current situation.
“Another thing is that we as legends should not be sidelined. If people have run out of ideas, they have to admit and seek advice,” he said.
“Right now there is a distance between the executive and former players. “We as former players are treated as outsiders, even though we know the club culture.
“I’m not saying that all former players should become part of the executive, I’m saying that there has to be a balance.”
Vundla, was a darling to the Highlanders fans during his playing days. He also played for Hwange in 1998.
He is still regarded as one of the best finishers to don the black and white jersey.
On the funniest moments he encountered during his playing days, Vundla mentioned the CAF Champions League match against Young Africans from Tanzania, which they lost.
“We had drawn 2-2 away from home and we were confident that we were going to win at home,” he recalled.
“However, up to now I don’t even know what happened.
“They had short players who ran rings around our defence and we even thought they were goblins.
“Even though we lost, I still laugh because we were all shocked. We didn’t know what hit us.”
Vundla is currently unattached as he has transitioned to coaching. His last job was head coach at Central Region Soccer League side Banket Mine.