Mogorosi's move is a reminder of changing times

He would show me his distorted drawings of Madinda Ndlovu, the flying winger who mesmerised opponents down the flank with his dazzling pace. There was Rahman Gumbo who had just arrived from cross-town rivals, Eagles and Mercedes 'Rambo' Sibanda who was idolised by Highlanders' fans. These were our heroes and never, at any given moment, did it cross our (and their) minds that they could join old enemy, Dynamos.

It was unthinkable! I recall when Highlanders' legend, Peter Ndlovu, was asked which club he will turn out for on his return from a successful stint abroad. "Dynamos?" one sports journalist asked. "They will kill me in Bulawayo if I do that," was Ndlovu's answer. His blood was black and white, the colours of Highlanders. However, the same Ndlovu betrayed Highlanders' fans when he announced recently that he was coming out of retirement, not to join his boyhood club, but some obscure First Division side in Harare.