By Japhet Short Cat Mparutsa | Sad to hear about the death of Legendary player and coach Steve “Bla Steve” Kwashi. He was also known as “The Cool Dude”

Many of us might not know that I played with Steve Kwashi at Dynamos, he was my number 7 after Shaya retired. He used to call me “Tafi…” and I wondered what that meant.

Years later, I went to his shop In Sport and again he called me “Tafi..” I decided to ask him what the nickname meant.

“You are tough, so I call you Tafi..!” That was Bla Steve for you, always humorous. He was a a good man and easy to relate with.

He played for Chibuku, Black Aces, Zimbabwe Saint’s ( he lived in Harare then Salisbury and travelled to Bulawayo for matches). This shows what a special player he was.

It is such a shame that the horrific accident took away a large part of his football life. Without the accident, he would have become one of the best coaches that Zimbabwe ever produced.

We thank the family for standing with him and looking after him to the best of their abilities. Could we as a Football family have done more to help? I think so but as is usually the case in all football matters.. It is out of sight, out of mind.

We should do better as a football community, stick together in dark times. We should not forget our heroes.

Go well Bla Steve, you fought a good fight. Your football story will live on.

All of us here.. Be Blessed.