Events in the year 2024 in Zambia. Incumbents PhotoPostNamePresident of ZambiaHakainde HichilemaVice President of ZambiaW.K. Mutale Nalumango
Events Ongoing 2024 Zambian drought
January 11 January – Around 300 people are confirmed dead in an outbreak of cholera that affects eight of the country's ten provinces.
May 31 May – Esther Lungu, the wife of former President Edgar Lungu, is arrested along with her daughter Chiyeso Katete and a family friend on suspicion of money laundering.
July 24 July – Guntila Muleya, the director of the Independent Broadcasting Authority, is found dead with gunshot wounds outside Lusaka.
August 7 August – Muzala Samukonga wins a bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Men's 400 metres, setting a new national record for Zambia and earning Zambia's first Olympic medal in 28 years. 11–12 August – The border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia is closed due to a dispute over the importation of beverages from Zambia. 22 August – A health warning is raised over the consumption of contaminated maize following the deaths of 400 dogs nationwide in July due to aflatoxins found in samples of the crop. 25 August – Nine people are killed in a collapse at an illegal gravel quarry in Chongwe.
October 7 October – Ten miners are killed in a mine collapse in Mumbwa District. President Hakainde Hichilema announces an agreement with China to build Zambia's first manufacturing facility for cholera vaccines. 10 October – The first case of mpox in Zambia is recorded in a 32-year old visitor from Tanzania. 30 October – Eight miners are killed and another is reported missing following a copper mine collapse in Chingola.
November 20 November – Authorities announce the arrest of MP Jay Emmanuel Banda, who is wanted on robbery charges, in Zimbabwe.
December 10 December – The Constitutional Court bars former President Edgar Lungu from running again for president in elections scheduled in 2026 for having already served a maximum of two terms. 20 December – Two people are arrested on suspicion of plotting to hex President Hichilema on behalf of the brother of fugitive MP Jay Emmanuel Banda.
Holidays
1 January - New Year's Day 21 February - National Youth Day 8 March – International Women's Day 12 March – Youth Day 29 March – Good Friday 30 March – Easter Saturday 31 March - Easter Sunday 1 April - Easter Monday 28 April – Kenneth Kaunda Birthday 1 May - Labour Day 25 May - Africa Day 1 July - Heroes' Day 2 July - Unity Day 5 August - Farmers' Day 18 October – National Prayer Day 24 October – Independence Day 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths 13 August – Maureen Mwanawasa (b. 1963), First Lady of Zambia (2002–2008). 7 November – John Phiri, 75, politician.
References
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