BULAWAYO – Three top Highlanders executives perished on Thursday evening after their vehicle hit a cow, leading to a multi-vehicle collision in Lochard, about 50km from Bulawayo on the Harare highway.
Club chairman Kenneth Mhlophe, a retired army colonel, vice chairman Fiso Siziba and treasurer Nkani Khoza were returning from Kariba driving in a Ford Raptor.
Highlanders lost 1-0 on the road to ZPC Kariba on Wednesday.
Khoza was allegedly behind the wheel of the Ford Raptor which hit a cow at around 8PM before side-swiping a C.A.G Travellers coaches bus heading towards Harare. The impact disabled the vehicle’s controls before the collision with the bus.
A woman travelling with the Highlanders executives was allegedly thrown out of the vehicle when it overturned, before being run-over by another car, killing her instantly.
Mhlophe, who owned Nokel Security, was in his second spell as Highlanders chairman and had recently indicated that he would not seek re-election when his three-year term ends in January next year.
Siziba was a superintendent in the Zimbabwe Republic Police while Khoza was owner of Totally Uniforms, a company specialising in school supplies.
