Crocodile attack three people on Lake Kariba
Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 8:53
Three people have had their hands and legs amputated at Mamba Hospital after being attacked by crocodiles in separate incidents on Lake Kabriba.
A 11 year old girl, Astridah Siachuka’s leg was amputated after a crocodile attacked her while she was fishing with her mother Nancy Siachuka on Lake Kariba near Chief Sinazongwe’s area in Malozilozi.
The father to the girl Dickson Siachuka told ZANIS today that his wife Nancy’s hands were also severely injured in the process of trying to rescue her daughter from the crocodile.
Mr. Siachuka said the hospital managed to operate the two victims resulting into the amputation of the young girls leg.
A check by ZANIS at the hospital found another woman, Sofia Mbeba, whose leg was amputated after being caught by a crocodile while fishing on Lake Kariba within the same area in Malozilozi.
Last week, a 24 year old woman was also severely mauled by a crocodile on Lake Kariba resulting in the amputation of her both hands.
Juliet Siangombe of Ndolo Village in Senior Chief Mweemba area said from her hospital bed at Maamba Hospital that the incident occurred when she went to fetch water for household chores with her sister in law.
Mrs Siangombe said the crocodile caught her both hands while dipping a container to draw water from the lake.
The Victim said she started wrestling with the crocodile and after the reptile realized that she still had power, it dipped her into water but continued fighting it.
“While fighting with it I could feel it breaking my right hand and later it broke my left hand,” Mrs Siangombe said.
Hardly a month passes without a person being killed or injured by a crocodile on Lake Kariba in Sinazongwe district.
ZANIS
Labels: CHIEF MWEEMBA, DICKSON SIACHUKA, LAKE KARIBA, WILDLIFE
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Chief Sinazongwe urges urgent attention on flood situation
By Sandra Mulowa
Sun 28 Feb. 2010, 03:30 CAT
CHIEF Sinazongwe has said the flood situation in his area is desperate and needs urgent attention. And four people have died in senior chief Mweemba's area after the car they were in was swept away by water. Chief Sinazongwe said the rains had caused havoc in Southern Province.
"I am very sad. The continuous rainfall has caused havoc here. The rains are bad, they are beyond the expectations, and bridges have been washed away. We are cut off completely, even the road that leads to the palace is cut off," he said.
"The Malima Road is also cut off. All bridges are gone, crops are gone and others are submerged, houses have collapsed and others are collapsing. In senior chief Mweemba's area, three lives have been lost, including vehicles are stuck."
He called on the government to urgently send officials to assess the situation.
"Someone from government should come here and see the picture on the ground, they shouldn't just hear," he said.
His palace has been cut off from the rest of the district following heavy rains.
And a Sinazongwe businessman Richwell Siamunene said several bridges had been washed away.
He named the bridges as Nangombe, Kanzenze, Sialwele, Nakula and Sigombela (chief Mweemba's area).
"About six power lines have been uprooted due to rains and fish traders have lost their fish. Lumama is extensively affected; its cut off in three areas, no vehicle is going to Choma. We don't know how the people are moving and living," he said.
Siamunene said two bodies of the four people that are feared dead in chief Mweemba's area had been retrieved.
"The other bodies are still missing (of a boy and a woman). They were in a vehicle which was going to Maamba, and then it was pushed due to flood currents. There were about 10 people in the van, which was driven by Max Sidenda. This happened two days ago," he said.
And the Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has said that it is closely monitoring the flood situation in North Western Province.
And the government in conjunction with ZRCS on Thursday started relocating about 161 families in Lusaka from flood areas to a camp that has been set up at Independence Stadium.
In an interview yesterday after permanent secretary in the office of the Vice-President Davies Sampa, other government and Zambia Army officials toured the campsite at Independence Stadium, ZRCS secretary general Charles Mushitu said North Western Province was a source of conern.
"Our men are on the ground details will be given later. The area is a source of worry," he said.
He also said ZRCS was still waiting for reports from different parts of the country on the flood situation.
Labels: CHIEF MWEEMBA, CHIEF SINAZONGWE, FLOODS, NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE
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Sinazongwe hunger could worsen - chief Mweemba
By Tovin Ngombe in Sinazongwe
Thursday August 30, 2007 [04:00]
SENIOR chief Mweemba of the Tonga people in Southern Province has said the hunger situation in Sinazongwe District could worsen next month if the government does not send relief food. Chief Mweemba, who was represented by Richwell Ntundulu, said the hunger situation in his area had badly affected the people due to the poor rainfall experienced in the last farming season. Chief Mweemba said the government should urgently send relief food to help the villagers.
“The situation is pathetic, it is a dry season and there are no fruits that people can pick up to eat. My people are not being cared for. Even the local investors are doing nothing to assist them,” he said.
Chief Mweemba said Kafwambila, Siampondo, Muuka, Denganza, and Kanchindu were the most affected areas. Chief Mweemba said people living in Siameja had no land to cultivate on because the area was too rocky.
The number of people requiring relief food in Sinazongwe District has doubled as compared to last year’s estimates by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU). Sinazongwe District commissioner Laiven Apuleni said in March that the number of people in need of relief food had risen from 5,241 to 10,656.
Labels: CHIEF MWEEMBA, CHIEFS, SOUTHERN PROVINCE
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