Southern Province Principal Public Relations Officer, Wisdom Himanteka, has refuted speculations suggesting that Gwembe and Livingstone Districts in Southern Province have experienced a heatwave that has led to livestock fatality in the two districts.
Mr Himanteka says the government is concerned with wrong information being disseminated in some sections of the media suggesting that there is a heatwave in Gwembe and Livingstone that is causing cattle deaths.
” It has come to our attention that some sections of the media have inaccurately claimed that a heatwave has recently caused cattle deaths in Gwembe and Livingstone Districts of Southern Province when in fact not,” Mr Himanteka said.
Mr Himanteka stressed that there is no heatwave at the moment that could lead to livestock fatalities and has since described the information published as misleading.
“The heatwave the region experienced occurred last year, not recently, and there have been no verified reports indicating that it led to livestock fatalities,” he stated.
He indicated that the temperatures in the Province are still below the heatwave level.
This is contained in a statement issued to the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Choma today.