Southern Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu says government has finalized burial arrangements for Hillcrest pupils and a teacher who died in a road accident on Friday night.
Mr. Mubukwanu said three bodies will be repatriated to Chingola, Ndola and Siavonga respectively for burial.
He said the rest will be moved to Livingstone and buried at the old cemetery after an interdenominational funeral service expected to take place Tuesday at villa grounds.
The provincial minister was speaking in an interview with ZNBC news after he visited one of the Hillcrest accident survivors admitted to Livingstone Central Hospital in the intensive care unit.
Mr. Mubukwanu said the province is saddened by the loss of the pupils and a teacher and has asked the nation for prayers.
I can just imagine the somber mood in the campus. In the about their school mates, classmates, house mates
dorm mates, compartment mates and table mates in the dingo. I mourn with them all
So sad, may their souls rest in peace.
This is very sad. In all the many incidences we have had of people dying aimlessly and the president has failed to look into why this is happening. Could it be we need more traffic sigh, street lights, road blocks, speed bumps, police officers at night with breathalyzers etc. All that money the president is either stealing or shifting towards campaigns can go towards saving lives. Does he even care that the latest casualties are young pupils who’s lives have just been stripped away due to a nation that does not seem to care much about road accident victims. MTSRIP.
VERY SAD NEWS INDEED. OUR ZAMBIAN POLITICIANS DON’T CARE ABOUT HUMAN LIFE. MOST OF OUR ROADS ARE TOO NARROW SUCH THAT THREE CARS CAN’T FIT ON THE ROAD WHEN THEY ARE SIDE TO SIDE, AND THIS EXPLAINS WHY A STATIONARY TRUCK TOOK UP ALL SPACE ON ONE LANE. WE NEED A NEW CROP OF LEADERSHIP THAT WILL INDEED USE PUBLIC MONEY FROM THE NATIONAL TREASURY TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER SOCIAL AMENITIES. LUNGU IS A TIME WASTER.
Great loss….Cream of the Nation as Mr. Alisinda used to call us…God Bless my school and strengthen the remaining pupils to soldier on spiritually and academically…as per our school motto’ Let Us By Our deeds Be Judged’.
‘Good, Better, Best…Never let us rest, till our good is better and our better is best’- Tugbar Thomson (ADDMA teacher-Hillcrest)
REST IN PEACE … Mwa KOZO!!