derick.khumalo
Nqobile Bhebhe
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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has granted State-assisted funerals to three Highlanders Football Club executive committee members who died in a tragic road traffic accident while returning from the club’s Castle Lager Premier Soccer League away fixture in Kariba on Thursday.
The announcement was made by Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda during a Parliamentary capacity-building workshop in Bulawayo today.
“President Mnangagwa has granted State-assisted funerals to three Highlanders Football Club executive members,” said Adv Mudenda.
The beneficiaries are Highlanders chairman Kenneth Mhlophe, vice-chairman Fiso Siziba and treasurer Nkani Khoza.
The trio died alongside staunch Highlanders supporter Mbalenhle Sibanda after the vehicle they were travelling in reportedly struck a beast before being involved in the fatal accident as they travelled back from Kariba.
The tragedy has plunged the country’s oldest football club into mourning, with condolences continuing to pour in.
