A day after their title aspirations were dampened by Tsholotsho, Highlanders players toured the grave of the club’s founder member Albert Khumalo.

Bosso are virtually out of the race for the 2016 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title after they lost 1-2 at Barbourfields last Saturday.

They have not won the league title since 2006.

The Bulawayo giants were in Gwatemba, Insiza last Sunday where Khumalo, who died in 1952 is buried alongside some of his sons and members of the royal clan.

The entire first team players, former players as well as some members of the board, executive and some supporters undertook the trip which is part of the club’s 90 years celebration.

Founded in 1926, by two of the great Ndebele King Lobengula’s grandsons Albert and Rhodes, Bosso are the oldest team in the top flight Highlanders.

In 1936, the players changed the name to Matabeleland Highlanders but now the team is just known as Highlanders.

Former Minister of Sport Andrew Langa, who is also the Member of Parliament for Insiza North, challenged Highlanders to have a deliberate programme of visiting rural schools during football tournaments where they could fish out talented players.

“I want to challenge Highlanders to come up with a deliberate programme of visiting rural schools during their tournaments.

“Let’s take away the notion that talent is only found in urban schools.

“We have talented children in the rural areas and Bosso must make full use of that.

“It’s only that these children don’t get an opportunity to train with Highlanders, they can’t be in Njube, Makokoba or Lobengula,” said Langa.

It was an emotional moment when the bus carrying the delegation arrived at the Khumalo homestead where one of the descendants of King Mzilikazi Prince Zwide Khumalo also addressed them.