A Gwembe resident , who recently wrestled with a crocodile to save his wife , has called on government to respond to members of the general public in the area to crop the reptiles that have been attacking people and animals in the area.
A Mr. Hamatuba said the fishing communities are living in fear of crocodile attacks and that their livelihoods are at stake.
He said crocodiles’ population has abnormally increased that the starving crocodiles are now coming out of water to hunt for human beings, livestock, and he described the situation as serious.
Narrating his encounter with the reptile last week to ZANIS in Gwembe, Choice Hakalima 36 of Hamatuba area in Gwembe District said barely a week passes without a crocodile attack or death related incidence on the lake shores.
Mr. Hakalima said his wife, Maureen Ketani 29, had gone to draw water in the shallow waters along the lake near her home when a crocodile pounced on her and dragged her into the deeper waters of the lake.
Hakalima narrated to ZANIS that he was home at the time when he heard people wailing desperately as they watched the reptile drag his screaming woman into the water.
He said upon arriving there, people told him that his wife had been caught by a crocodile and that it had dragged her under the water.
In a split of a second, Hakalima dived into the river in search of his wife. He said under the water, he saw a dark long figure of a crocodile with his wife’s leg between its teeth and swam in its direction.
Hakalima then grabbed the reptile from beneath its belly width and wrapped his hands around it to force it to shallower waters in order for him to gain resistance against the crocodile.
He described the whole ordeal as a miracle.
Hakalima said the reptile became wilder when he forced his entire hand into its mouth in an effort to release its grip on his wife.
He said with his hand still in the mouth of the beast, the crocodile rolled and twisted its entire body in an attempt to chop off both his hand and that of his wife, Hakalima ordered his wife to hit the crocodile with a stick that was floating near her.
It was at that moment that the crocodile ripped off its teeth from the woman and directed its fury on the rescuer.
He said it narrowly missed his leg as its teeth only bruised his thigh snatching a piece of his trousers and swam back into the deeper waters.
Hakalima who was then exhausted and bleeding from the cuts he sustained in the process of rescuing his wife, picked her seriously injured wife out of the water and rushed her to the hospital.
A check by ZANIS found Ketani, a mother of five still nursing a deep wound on her right thigh and several other cuts on her hands and legs at Gwembe District Hospital.
[ ZANIS ]
Wow! Amazing. Could the area councillor and the district ZAWA reps please fence off a certain part of this river/lake so water can be drawn in peace by our women please? We could have actually lost both this gallant man and his wife. We need to be appropriately technologically savvy to co-exist with these beasts…
There should be an international contest to find safer, cheaper, faster and more efficient techniques and devices to catch and to control caught crocs.Winners get free patents. It seems the same rope techniques are used worldwide but I think that I have some untested possible inventions. Are there any governments seeking new ideas ? I fled for a Canadian Patent last week. but I need help for Europe so people can have cheap methods )to protect themselves. I designed very simple but fast and strong devices that needs testing on live crocs.From CANADA, Kenneth Hilliam [email protected]
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We do not expect any divorce in this relationship, may both partners live for long.
I am tired of hearing these incidents.. ZAWA is dead, it does not have the capacity to control the animals.. A herd of buffaloes drowned Zawa seek help from mzungu (British experts).. ZAWA is failling to account number of animals born each year and how many should be cropped. In ITT they fail to capture the lions terrorising villagers. When these villagers kill these creatures ZAWA officers comes from nowhere to arrest the offenders..
What a brave man indeed,God bless this couple!!!
This is really courage gentlement!!!!! It really fulfills the marriage vowls for better for worse, in health or in sickness. Sembe nibamuna ba ku chipata sembe banakamba chabe ati kamoyo kalibe chigamba and watches the wife being swallowed by the beast. “Great tonga bull”
Chivalry is alive! What a man! Choice!
these are the men we need in society, die for a woman. don’t beat them, protect them
My dear lady, you have a man you can call a real husband!! Take care of him
lets hope it wasnt his crocodile
You are so lame…keep quiet if you have nothing to say.
HE deserves an award of the HIGHST EAGLE BRA BRA BRA AWARD
I think the best way is to move with sharp knives,cropp them one by one since ZAWA has failed to do so.once you are attacted all those near by should just ripp it off
There should be an international contest to find safer, cheaper, faster and more efficient techniques and devices to catch and to control caught crocs.Winners get free patents. It seems the same rope techniques are used worldwide but I think that I have some untested possible inventions. Are there any governments seeking new ideas ? I fled for a Canadian Patent last week. but I need help for Europe so people can have cheap methods )to protect themselves. I designed very simple but fast and strong devices that needs testing on live crocs.From CANADA, Kenneth Hilliam [email protected]
Amazing tell this. The reporter is so good sounds like he actually watched the spectacle. My grandma told me a lot of folk stories and I never imagined that i will live to read one tha is real. The man deserves a presidential honour for his bravery. The wife will ertenally be grateful to him and of course to God.
choice hakalima, i nominate you on the list of president rupiah banda’s medal of gallantry on africa freedom day in 2012. i am serious, that was really a show of gallantry and love for your wife.
True love indeed, Glory to God. Am even shading tears as i write. UNBELIEVABLE!!
Very courageous man indeed. Very few of us would do that.
Sounds like a fairy tale. Gallant man indeed! Long live and God bless the couple!
This man is really brave, most of us would just cry while the croc takes away the lady. GRZ and Zawa do something about this man’s bravity and crop the reptiles immediately before more lives are lost. God bless you mudala. Very few would do what you have done.
Hakalima deserves a billion rewards, such a man could have recurred any human being. These are the people RB & MMD should reward with anything more than those solar geysers and 4 battery radios he is distributing for campaigns.
NGOs please help that family get best treatment in Lusaka, we don’t have a government for poor people, the Zambian government is only for ministers.
This story gives real meaning to the vows: “In health or sickness, for rich or for poor, ‘in the jaws of a croc’, I shall forever love you!” Wow, brave man indeed. Five children have been saved from a life of orphans. May God bless both of you, AMEN!!!!
See how brave we tongas are? Not like those Bembas who would have run away! we never run away from our problems be they Harabee, Sata or Chiluba
Inaliko bad iyi. Sounds like some time passed before his arrival and the initial attack on the wife. Impressive, the man got a quick update on the circumstances and lauched the successiful rescue. Forget about the bravery of the US navy SEALS for a moment. He would not need any interviews for a croc rescue job……
Thats one brave man! I saloot him, they should give him some kind of medal. africa awe mwe… its still wildland in these places.
wowww he’s such a brave man…trully she is Blessed nd only God can do such a miraculous thng…may his name b blessed always nd may he bless th couple aswel…i want a man like that who ll owes ther 4 me..wud risk his lyf cos i would do th same
#24, Gladys, you do not have to search far. Tongaland is the place where you can find a real man.Maybe the brother of the man in the story.
Hope the wife will not do the TETI NJENDE NOBE (Kafwayeko umbi) song story! This man’s bravery deserves honour and I hope they both heal without limitations in limb mobility.
This man deserves a national honor or recognition for bravery. No person plays near crocs! Ask my tribesmen from Luapula! This man is brave and thank God the Lord helped the couple to win! Congratulation Sir!
Its a touching story.The man was ready to die for his lovely wife.May the Couple live happily forever.
Husband of the decade
Awe sure. Some marriages are truly happy. If I saw my husband in the the jaws of a crocodile, I will remember all the cheating he has done and let the croc have a good lunch and fake crying at the funeral with the bank cards safely in my bra.
TONGA BULL NIZEE
People first, thats God’s intention. Where is political ll. We need life not gysers.
ZAWA your crocs may be starving and probably too many creating pressure on feed sources. I wonder why in Zambia we do not have leather products (shoes, handbags, belts) made of croc skins. Can Zambian entrepreneurs start researching on possible investment in this sector for local and export markets. Why should exportable products continue to attack our people while we watch helplessly?
Nubian Princess you are crazy!!
Good man. And the reverse is equally true. Good woman. The bible says
“10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. 11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” Proverbs 31:10-12
This is bravery at it’s best. Not the crocodile hunters or Jackace that we see on TV. The man really deserves an award in the order of bravery for his couragious act. Anyone who has come as close as a metre to a fully grown croc knows what kind of danger the man was caught up in.
No 30. you should be from the north.
It seems ZAWA are only interested in impounding game meat so that they share among themselves instead of cropping dangerous beats. Human lives are compromised
braverly at its best.God bless this couple!!!!!!!!!!
Tonga Bull fyaume! Nubian Princess you deserve a good fcuk for yor craziness.
These are true men indeed.
great wishing them well and God’s blessings.
Breathtaking experience, woman if you never knelt before your man, you better start now. Not many of us can risk our lives for others in this way even if they are our spouses…true LOVE! Many God keep you!!
Ebaume aba! not ba koswe aba takwata mu tauni who just watch helplessy when their wives are attacked by puppies.
Choice Hakalima, uli molombwana incobeni ncobeni. I salute you with all my heart and I hope the good lord Jehovah Almighty blesses thy marriage immensely. You are brave in ways very few people can even dream of.
last week there was a similar story of rescue that happened in northern province this was aired on radio one ilyashi lya pa isonde.In that case it was a woman who went to the river with her baby for a bath.While she was bathing she left her baby on the shores of the river.and unexpectedly a wild dog emerged from a nearby bush and went towards her baby to snatch it for food.So the woman got to see the wild dog kapoli wanting to grab hold of the baby.inspite her being naked she immediately went and fought with the beast and strangled it to death.This woman also deserve some kind of award for her braveness.
A wild dog in bemba is called umumbulu Kapoli is a wild pig.
Mucende mulombwana.
Nubian Princess has made my day. Such humor is gud on a monday.
The man is brave.
Thats what a hubby is supposed to do.
No. 21@Tonga Bull, you not all tongas are brave. You just cannot see how you can survive a night without a woman. They how come you take such huge risks
The man dezervez commendation. But cut this talk about “Tongaz are brave”, when a daring situation arizez, any person reacts within split secondz accordingly.
Like #30’z sence of humour.
AND Government, we need a bridge now over this river.
This is a non story, and a lie. You dont get away from a crocodile, this is a joke. This man who claims he rescued his wife should be jailed and so should this reporter for telling lies and have people on this story screaming with ‘well done’ This is a smoking mirrors a blatant lie that made me laugh at all these naive comments below. Wake up and use your brain to think people. Thanks
This man is really brave other husbands would have run away or simply asked other villagers to help. Zawa should move in and crop those repitiles before more lives are lost. There is no way the Govt through Zawa fence off certain points along the lake shore where pepole and animals go to drew and drink water. Whats the area MP and the community at large doing?
Wow, Great man indeed, God bless your marriage every day.
Woo # 51 are you normal? I rest my case Mama.
A husband in the the fullest meaning of the word. My dear sister you have a true companion. Some so called men would have given up more especially that the croc and its victim were not visible above the water. To encourage such daring acts, this man should be honured by the State for bravery. He should be honoured soon whilst he is alive.
Iwe ka Mushota @ 51, we mbushi wee. your comments are becoming more stale by the day on this blog…. so irritating!!. Have you contracted mad cow disease in the UK? … ati ububi pamenso!!!.. Kakolwe… bala ng’ombe… manyukunyuku….
Thats true love for real!!!
No. 30 Nubian Princess
Why dont you leave him if he is cheating on you? Cause you may be tempted to commit murder. I bet he makes up for his cheating in the bedroom ha?
#57 – It is the case of the bank cards my dear. I will have the last laugh. He thinks I dont know that he is creeping. I am planning a cruise on the Zambezi and we will take a walk to the edge. Just the two of us.
No words can sufficiently describe and honour the LOVE exhibited in this happenning.
BUT IN A NUT SHELL THIS IS SIMPLY “GODLY LOVE as created in the garden of EDEN.
What can be learned and understood from the occurrence is that THE HUSBAND/HAKALIMA WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE LOVE PROVED TO HIM BY HIS WIFE IN THEIR MARRIAGE.
THE WIFE SERVED HER LIFE THROUGH HER UN-CONDITIONAL LOVE TO HER HUSBAND .THE WIFE DESERVES AN AWARD/MEDAL FOR -PROVEN GODLY LOVE IN MARRIAGE.
This is truly amazing! Woman, you are living a second life and may God bless your husband!
@19, you are a liar like your boss chilufya. mmd has gone to great lengths to provide medical care for our people, including the mobile hospitals that you despised so much. the people love them and wasn’t it you that was seen in the queue the other day? hypocrites!
Mushota very funny. I dont knw why some prople never get ur humourous approach to issues without watering down their seriousness. keep it coming luv it. Choice u r my hero.
Nubian pricess wandepula, you crazy!
Nubian = Would your husband do the same!!!
The other day there was a report about the Tonga’s heroism. One was caught ready handed doing it with a chicken in Mazabuka. The other one was found with a goat. Cows have been victims of rape to many. Next time these crocs should be careful. I have a tinge that they will be the next.