Two people from one family have drowned on Lake Kariba when the boat they were in capsized following a storm that swept it.
Sinazongwe District Council Vice Chairperson Fisher Zimana confirmed the development to ZANIS that the two people drowned on Lake Kariba near Nakasanga fishing camp in Chiyabi area.
Mr. Zimana identified the victims as Pearson Mulende 28 and Banabus Mulende who is 17 years old.
He said the two victims started shouting for help when a strong wind swept the boat and the friends who were 800 metres away found they had already drowned.
The Vice Chairperson said the two bodies were retrieved the following day and have since been buried.
He said severe hunger in the district was forcing people to engage themselves into fishing because about 1800 households were in need of relief food.
In another development a 23 year old man has committed suicide in Malima area at Syanyuka village.
Mr. Zimana said Grade Syanyuka killed himself using insecticide after a drinking spree with his peers.
“Mr Syanyuka went to drink beer at night and when he returned home to went to a place where he keeps insecticide and drunk it. The wife head him groaning and decide to take him to Malima clinic but it was too late,” Mr. Zimana said.
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really sad
Very, very sad reading. Condolences to the bereaved families.
NEWS should probably read as:
“Mr Syanyuka went to drink beer at night and when he returned home he (/to) went to a place where he keeps insecticide and drunk it. The wife hea(r)d him groaning and decide to take him to Malima clinic but it was too late,” Mr. Zimana said.
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condolences to the family n shame on the government that will not help people in such conditions.
i hate to say this but the zambian leadership sucks. they are all riding around in fancy cars when others are suffering without food.
when will someone really make a difference and value the lives of so many underprivildeged people.
i would like to talk to people who are interested in starting a website for hunger relief in southern africa.
Both parents are zambians. I was born in NewJersey, went to school in Newyork. I currently live in Kentucky USA.
I propose that Zambia should have an equivalent of U.S. Coast Guard on Lakes Mweru, Bangweulu, Tanganyika and Kariba to deal with emergencies. We could serve lives.
Nice one Chamboli-Wusakile but, I think it will be best to equip and train the existing agencies, Police, Army or indeed the Wildlife Department
no, those villagers were also dumb i have no pity for reckless behaviour. here are two fully grown men who are natives of the bush they occupy. As such u would think that they would know when to and when not to go galavanting on the waters, moreover one wonders if their canoe was fit for purpose because if it was, they could still have used it to stay afloat kwati muli titanic, And this 23 year old man probably found his wife with another man nomba he became sober after what he saw instead he goes to drink insecticide so as to revive his intoxicated state all this was not unfortunate but petulant behaviour cant feel sorry for this stupid behaviour.
# 7 why are you writing like a South African who does not have a humnan heart? have u ever stayed in these areas where pipo have to take a risk to feed the families. i think u come from a well to do family. Pipo have been bitten by snakes in search of mashrooms. come back to ur senses young one.
ya but guys sori sad story
no.8 dont be ignorant just because i come from a good family doesnt mean i dont have relatives from the bush or townships, who i visit every year u have an obsession with me this is the 2nd time in five hours that u have attacked me.
Based on the story above i commented to air my views because it was unbelievable that people of sound body and mind could not take reasonable care of events which were under their control. For the record i am not sorry for issuing those comments.
# 6 that is fine too as long as this wing is equipped with say helicopters and other emergency equipment and observatory towers to move in swiftly in case of such calamities. They can be trained.
These stories are very sad.
What is up with “Two people drowns”? Where did you LT people learn your English? Maybe I am getting old, but when I was a student in Lusaka, we were required to write decently by grade 12, regardless of the language we were learning.
Ba LT!!! Mwanyanya “Two people drownS?” SINGULAR mwe bantu….