Zimbabwe: Fare-Thee-Well Steelman

11 November 2015

"GONE TOO SOON . . . " This was the lead caption's phrase of last Thursday's edition of The Herald's back page lead story. The caption was part of the leading daily's tribute to legendary and former Warriors' right-back, Paul "The Steelman" Gundani, who passed away suddenly last week on Wednesday in his home town of Kwekwe at the age of 49.

I came into contact with Gundani in the late 80s, when he was part of Ziscosteel FC's stellar cast that included the likes of Kennedy "The Brazilian" Nagoli, Newman "Yellow" Bizeki (late), William "Tuku" Mutekesa (late) and Machona "Ntsomba" Sibanda.

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