Zimbabwe Warriors and Dynamos legend, Moses ‘Bambo’ Chunga, who is currently making headlines following his invitation by his former Belgian club Eendracht Aalst Lede, has taken to his Facebook page to state that ‘English is not everything’.
Bambo has clearly challenged the notion that ‘English proficiency is a measure of success or intelligence, particularly in the context of football’.
Chunga, who is currently in Belgium, has expressed his delight with the way Belgians, particularly from his former club are approaching football.
“This post is not for everyone! I have been here in Belgium for the past 4 days. I have enjoyed my stay so far.
“I have met quite a number of good people, former players, and supporters of all ages. Very nice people here.
“We speak broken English, but we understand each other. English is neither my first language nor theirs. They don’t use English as a measure of success or intelligence,” he said.
He said the club values his expertise in football over his personal life.
In fact, Chunga could be saying the Belgians are not auditing his lifestyle in general, as arguably compared to the way Zimbabweans do it on him.
“Not once have I been asked if I own a house or not. They have not even asked me if I own a car or not. They know that these are not the things that define me,” Chunga revealed.
He added: “They ask me about my amazing dribbling skills, and they ask me about my goal scoring prowess, my coaching career, my academy. They ask me about football, well, because they know these are the things that define me.
“Balance me on this one, have I ever said that I am the owner of a car manufacturing company, that you ask why I walk around on foot?
“Have I ever said that I am a property mogul, that you ask why I don’t own a house? Is honor equal to cash? If it is, should I come here and wave it onto your faces?
“I will tell you what you want to hear. I don’t have a car but I go anywhere I want to go. I don’t own a house, but I have a place to sleep.”
Sarcastically, he went on to post: “I can’t spik o right gudhu Inglish (speak or right good English), but I (know) no your understanding me.”
Chunga’s comments comes after a recent discussion about the five O Level qualification requirement for one to lead the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA).
ZIFA recently amended its constitution to mandate a minimum of five O Level passes for all aspiring presidential candidates for the upcoming elections in January 2025.
Zimbabwean thinking and way of doing things is a dumb asshle ..they think kutaura chirungu kuratidza kudzidza, kuva civilized or kuva ne Mari. Wonder y a person born in Zimbabwe, never lived outside Zimbabwe akaita zvima cents busy kutatarika me fake American accent,
The English do not judge themselves according to how they speak foreign languages, its only us who have discarded our virtues
English is our second language. Most Zimbabweans learned English at school. Ability to learn is a measure of intelligence because it involves critical thinking, creative thinking, deductive reasoning, and many other cognitive processes. English by its self cannot be used to measure intelligence but THE ABILITY to learn it can be used to measure your intelligence.
It's only in Zimbabwe we think English it's an achievement
Yes is just a language like any other
Do they even speak english in belgium. He doesn't even need it
We think that if you play in overseas you had improved why, because in Zimbabwe you just play for peanuts
True legend its a way of communicating whether broken down or fluent only our motherland we think it's achievement
Imagine someone visitting Belgium,and cant see the need to speak English.
The sad part is he is made to feel good there, than amount his kith and kin. If remains a sad irony
True but its the most easier way for people to communicate, that you can't remove me from the language
This has been proven way back and Chunga is just another example to those who think otherwise!
Very very true even some British can't write or read it. But still successful
Razor man what a marvelous player he was! Do you remember Methembe Biya Ncube. That Bosso young defender who saw you walking out of the game in BF before the time was up. You were out of the centre life and tried to shoot but you kicked the grass and then walked off the pitch!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Messi .Putin.Kim jon un.Xi Xingping. etc they don't peak English.you are right Chunga….bt on the other hand it's important cz it's a global language
It's not his first time to be invited in Belgium. He failed trials in England. The white coach told the players during training to pass the ball but Chunga let go a screamer that shook the nets. The coach said, 'if I say pass, I mean pass!' That's how he failed the trials.
The article and comments come in English language. That alone shows that English language is miles ahead of our languages
However the ability to learn and speak a language that was never your initial childhood language measures your level of cognitive.
True : Japanese have created Toyota, Toshiba and donor speak English.
Go to school guys and learn. A person who loves learning is successful. Learn anything that is important to your life. Increase your opportunities by learning. A productive mind keeps learning.
Education creates a pool of choices and opportunities.
The post was written in English.
Engrish inongodiwawoso esp kana uri from southern Africa🤣🤣
He's just not good in English even if he so wishes. Some grapes are meant to be sour
To make matters worse there are also Zim fellows nxaaaa