Highlanders Football Club has failed to pay its players as well as coaches their salaries for April amid reports that the club’s sponsor, NetOne, is set to terminate the deal in July.

Highlanders’ players and coaches have been paid by NetOne since 2018 but things no longer look rosy at the ailing Bulawayo giants. Sunday News quoted its sources as saying:

NetOne is terminating the sponsorship now, they have given Highlanders a three months’ notice of termination according to the contract.

… Highlanders players and coaches are yet to receive their salaries, things are not looking good. They were promised that the salaries were coming midweek but nothing came.

In 2019, Highlanders received a total of $2 201 172 from their NetOne sponsorship and a further $234 316 from Nyaradzo Funeral Assurance.

NetOne has reportedly turned its attention to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

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