A middle-aged woman of Chirundu township has died after being mauled by a crocodile on the Zambezi river.
Esther Chabu was caught and eaten by a crocodile over the weekend when she and others went to the Zambezi River to buy some fish.
Chirundu MMD ward councillor, Gift Chanda, disclosed to ZANIS in an interview that Ms Chabu met her fate after she had already bought the fish.
“ I visited the funeral house where I was informed that after buying the fish, the deceased, Esther, decided to wash a sack along the shores of the river and while in the process, the friends she was with just heard a voice shouting for help and then she disappeared,” Chanda stated.
Mr Chanda confirmed that family members later reported the matter to both Chirundu police and ZAWA officers who went to the river to conduct a search for the missing body.
He said that after a thorough search, the officers only managed to recovered the head of the deceased, which has since been buried.
Meanwhile, two other Chirundu residents are battling for their lives at Mtendere Mission Hospital after surviving crocodile attacks on the Zambezi river.
Ward councillor, Gift Chanda, disclosed that Evans Hanchebani, 26, and Harriet Malambo, 28, are admitted to the missing hospital, nursing serious wounds after being attacked by the reptile.
Mr Chanda has since expressed concern over the number of crocodile attack cases that have continued to be recorded in the area, and has since called on ZAWA to move in and help control the reptiles.
He attributed the attacks on the residents to the erratic water supply currently experienced in most parts of Chirundu township, a situation that has led people to resort to drawing water directly from the crocodile-infested Zambezi river.
He has since appealed to Sothern Water and Sewerage Company to urgently work on the damaged pipe line in order to avoid further loss of lives.
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ohhh no shame man.
The first sentence should read : A middle-aged woman of Chirundu…… LT ,you should learn to throughly edit your news before posting!
Sad! my condolences to the bereaved family! M.H.S.R.I.P
The auction sale should start with these crocs ,they are not even scared of human beings.God bless the soul of the departed .
Imwe banthu ivi vinthu visasiliza chewing people ka!!. How many times this year already? About time they were taken to labs for AIDS/HIV treatment tests and experiments… aweeee.
Ba ZAWA, stop these crocs doing their rot!!
MHSRIEP
Imagine this beast has eaten/chewed this woman, ——–, holy cow!!! this chills my spine l!!!!!, someones, sister, mother ,cousin, wife,aunt , gone…..aweeee.
ZAWA should find a long lasting solution to this problem,we know that human life is as important as the animal life. nomba these crocs hunt for humans for their dish. Humans do not hunt for their dish.. Take drastic measures BA ZAWA please before more lives are lost!!
very sad, ZAWA can these animals be auctioned to international buyers!! pleaes
Lets sell these animals please. They also seem to be starving. It may be the economic crunch. 4 similar stories above. Enough is enough.
Auction these beasts.
ZAWA are only good at killing utupombo and munjili not crocodile ni danger.
Hey why are people still drawing water from the mighty Zambezi river?Is the Water and sewerage company sleeping.Please provide our people with taps.Zawa some animals for you to auction here-I mean the water and sewer company, you can sell them they are not doing their job! Condolences to the loved ones that lady left behind.May the good Lord give you strength in this very difficult time.
ZAWA please these are the animals to auction as soon as posible, i know our friends(whites) will know how to take care of them.
Cheeky croc eating everything and leaving the head for ID
zawa do something. many lives have lost so far due similar attacks. mhsrip
Do these crocs leave human heads out ? , more scarey .hmmmm.,..beginning to have nightmares now…
IF THEY SAY 50 PIN CHI -CROCDICLE CHIMO I CAN GET SOME .i INITIALLY WANTED 6 BUT I CAN GET 14 MORE. NINE CHALE CAN GET 20 OR SO ABENA JAMACO CAN PROBABLY GET ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER.
THAT IS ROUGHLY 60 CROCDILES FOR US.
Manje iyi inkani yogulisa ama animals yachoka kuti?
Lo siento mi hermana, No tengo mucho la escriba aqui. Please rest in peace. Human life is more important than animal life. Or at least lets protect our kind.
# 16 ; Ba Nkani ya mu ka .you will end up buying a human croc ,you know with this credit fimo fimo people can do any thing to make ends meet .
Ivi Vima crocs ni vinyau chabe.. vi gomani nkhwende, vi chi bade, makanja,===== beasts indeed…..
I am in love with the name Nkani ya mu ka chasu.
rather very sad. this not good
This is not Discovery Channel. This is real. Killing instinct in Zambia, Africa.
Poor woman should have known that better.
Two or three weeks ago on this blog i said dipping your hands in a croc infested river is asking for trouble. Now it has happened. Let us learn to respeat these animals. Stay away from croc infested rivers please!
I meant respect.
The loss of life makes sad reading , this said , I would suggest that the ZAWA and local radio stations bring this topic to the affected communities , I am sure solutions are locally found. All it requires is some extra thinking from ZAWA in line with their objectives as an organization .Most locals know which portions of the river bank are no go areas and put up sign posts to help visitors…..
what is no. 2 talking about?
oh no, shame man! MHSRIGP
Baby C, i dont see the typo, you have written exactly the same thing??
that croc is massive…i dont want to face it..
ITS REALLY A SAD STORY SOME1 WHO GOES TO BUY FISH TO HV AN INCOME FINDS HERSELF IN DEATH? PAINFUL THE PROBLEM WITH DEATH IF ITS YO DAY YOU CANT RUN AWAY FROM IT COZ SOME1 CAN ASK WHY DID SHE GO ALONE WHY DIDNT SHE DO THIS OR THAT BUT I WILL SAY IT WAS HER APPOINTED TIME.. MHSRIP
If good people like the ones that sympathize here, would get together, and find a way to send money to give these people tap water! sheesh. I am sure on an american salary, it would probably cost 10 people one weeks pay or less to have this done!!!
This is a problem seen all over sub-Saharan Africa and it’s a tragedy. But, we must understand that crocodiles are not monsters- simply predators that need to eat. The Nile crocodile is an extremely important aspect of the Zambezi River and killing them will not solve anything. We need to build barriers around areas of water that people use, create far more warning signs and educate people. Some people even swim leisurely in these rivers! They need to be told that this species of crocodile does indeed view people as potential prey and thus must be respected and given distance at all times.