Evil Is Everywhere!!!

After a brief lapse in timely reporting, Intrepid reporter William Walitoompa is back on the case. And in an effort to make up for last week’s absence, I have decided on a double bill for the first instalment of March. I spared no effort in digging up these tantalising tales of trickery for you this week. The first ‘meanwhile’ article, although somewhat tragic caught my eye for its combination of witchcraft, wild beasties and shear stupidity. Although not directly quoted, the implication that witchcraft was the cause of both incidents is certainly there….Oh and where on earth do Egg-bushes grow anyway??
The Second had shades of ‘Ghost & the Darkness’ that were too tempting not show…

Hope you Enjoy them….Willy WaliT;))

Hen hatches baby turtles

A CHONGWE man who picked eggs from a bush thinking they were a guinea fowl’s and put them under a brooding chicken, was shocked when they hatched six tortoises.Kanakantapa village chairman Richard Sakala told Zambia Information Services (ZIS) that the incident happened last week in Shimwengwe village near Kanakantapa resettlement scheme.Mr Sakala said the named man, who also owns a farm in the scheme, was said to have boiled water and burnt the tortoises after noticing they were following the chicken. The village chairman said after hatching the tortoises the chicken ran away. He said the chicken was later killed by the owner.In another development, some villagers in Masansa area in Mkushi were reported ill after eating nshima allegedly prepared with stolen poisonous mealie meal.MMD district chairman Jonathan Kapungwe, who confirmed the incident to ZIS, said the victims got the mealie meal from a house in the neighbourhood.He said in a telephone interview that the incident happened at a named farm in Mkushi farm block.

LIONS TERRORISE CHOMA VILLAGERS

A PACK of lions is reportedly terrorising villagers in Macha area of Choma district.
Macha ward councillor Sylvester Mwaanga says the lions has so far killed two heads of cattle in an incidence that happened close to Nemfwe school in broad daylight.He said the lions were yesterday spotted heading towards the river but soon disappeared into the bush.
Mr Mwaanga said in Choma yesterday that villagers in the area had abandoned gardening and other economic activities fearing to be killed by the rampaging lions.He said school-going children and cattle herdsmen were the ones in greatest fear.
The councillor has appealed to the Zambia Wildlife Authority (Zawa) to quickly rush to the area and protect lives of people and livestock since police indicated they could not do anything about the situation.
He said this is the first time the man-eaters have been seen in the area.