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Riches to Rugs: Former Zim Soccer Player Destitute in SA

Former Amazulu defender David Mkandawire has turned destitute in Johannesburg - and South African television sports presenter Robert Marawa...

Former Amazulu defender David Mkandawire has turned destitute in Johannesburg - and South African television sports presenter Robert Marawa has joined the crusade to help him. 

Mkandawire also played for Maritzburg United and the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Marawa highlighted Mkandawire’s plight on his radio show on Thursday evening, after inviting Ndoro and his wife Phindi to the Metro FM studios. 

And this has triggered a wave of sympathy for the former footballer with a number of people expressing their willingness to help him.
Good Samaritans 

Social media, including Facebook and Twitter, has been buzzing with messages of support from hundreds of South Africans and Zimbabweans based in that country who are now willing to help Mkandawire whose images, scavenging on the streets of Johannesburg, have gone viral.

Ndoro says Mkandawire’s fall from grace led him to tears.

“David Mkandawire was my role model, but tears were rolling down my cheeks when he was trying to elaborate his touching story to me . . . things can change instantly,” Ndoro posted on his Facebook page.

“We all need to be very careful, who’s happy for u (you) or who u (you) deal with in life . . . those who have a heart to help check him@ Shoprite in Kempton Park. Mwari itai ngoni ne nyasha ku vana venyu.”

And, on Thursday, Ndoro was invited by Marawa to Metro FM Studios to discuss Mkandawire’s plight, a programme that touched a lot of hearts among those who listened to it.

Safa spokesperson Dominic Chimhavi said that the plight of former players would be addressed by his organisation.

“It’s one of the issues we have tried to engage the clubs about. In most cases we find players move from rags to riches and immediately after their careers they are back to rags. 

"Soccer is a short career; if they don’t invest properly they are going down,” Chimhavi said. - The Herald 



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